TimesLIVE reports that a paramedic and a patient died when an ambulance collided with a truck on the N3 near Cedara, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), on Tuesday.
Con Roux, spokesperson for N3 Toll Concession, confirmed that a KZN Emergency Medical Services ambulance had been travelling towards Johannesburg when it collided with a truck. "Unfortunately there have been two fatalities, one a patient and the other the driver of the ambulance. A third person, who was in the passenger seat, is being transported to hospital in a serious condition," said Roux. Traffic towards Johannesburg was severely affected as the road had to be temporarily closed.
- Read the original of the above report by Orrin Singh at TimesLIVE
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