The Citizen reports that one worker was killed and 60 others seriously injured in a road accident on Wednesday involving a truck transporting workers in KwaZulu-Natal.

The accident took place on Hella Hella Pass outside Pietermaritzburg just before 7am. ALS Paramedics spokesperson Garrith Jamieson said officials responded to a multiple casualty scene. He went on to report: “Paramedics arrived on the scene to find chaos as a truck carrying labourers to work somehow veered off the gravel road colliding with a tree. Approximately 60 workers sustained various injuries and multiple ambulance services worked to stabilise them on the scene before they were transported to various hospitals in Pietermaritzburg and Durban for further care. Unfortunately one female believed to be in her 50s sustained major injuries and there was nothing paramedics could do for her. She was declared deceased on the scene.” He added that events leading up to the crash were unknown, however, police would investigate further.

• Read the original of the report in the above regard by Faizel Patel at The Citizen

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