Two injured in truck accident, N3

ESTCOURT – IPSS Medical Rescue received reports of a truck accident on the N3 near Estcourt. On arrival of paramedics it was established that a truck had veered off the road, overturned and caught alight. Fortunately, both occupants managed to escape from the truck before it was engulfed in flames.

The truck driver sustained minor injuries and refused hospital treatment while his passenger was found to have sustained moderate injuries and was stabilised on scene before being transported to a nearby hospital by IPSS Medical Rescue. According to the driver the truck had a tyre blow out which caused him to lose control.