IN PICS | Trucker 'flees scene' after 46-car carnage on Durban's M41: Durban metro police spokesperson Boysie Zungu said they suspected the truck's brakes had failed.
“The accident was caused by the truck. The driver of the truck fled the scene. We don't know the contributing factor that caused the accident, but we are suspecting brake failure. Unfortunately, the driver fled the scene, and that is a crime on its own, but the whole incident is under investNqubeko Mbhele
Meanwhile the stretch of the M41, where 46 wrecked vehicles were scattered after the truck slammed into them during peak-hour traffic, reopened seven hours later. One patient sustained serious injuries and was airlifted to hospital. "It is reported that the number of vehicles involved in this collision is 45 ... the truck supposedly proceeded further down and collided with a taxi."A truck ploughed into 46 cars in morning traffic on Durban's M41.
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