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

Get other news reports at the SA Labour News home page