Truck driver trapped, seriously injured in Gauteng crash

FOCHVILLE, November 24 (ANA)

When ER24 paramedics arrived at the scene shortly before 8pm, they found the truck lying off the roadway with the driver still trapped inside the cab, ER24 spokeswoman Ineke van Huyssteen said on Sunday.

The driver had to be extricated and the process took roughly three hours. The extrication was completed with the help of a tow truck which managed to lift the truck’s cab, enabling the Fochville Fire Department to use the jaws-of-life to free the driver.

ER24 paramedics assessed the man and found that he had sustained serious injuries. He was treated and stabilised at the scene before being transported to Mediclinic Emfuleni for further medical care. The circumstances surrounding the accident were not known, Van Huyssteen said.

– African News Agency (ANA), editing by Jacques Keet