A truck traveling down the M7 had somehow lost control and collided with two vehicles before smashing into the pillars of the bridge.
A truck driver died and two other people were critically injured when a truck veered out of control, hit two other vehicles, and smashed into overhead bridge support pillars on the M7 in Durban on Saturday morning, paramedics said.
On arrival, paramedics found “absolute carnage”. A truck traveling down the M7 had somehow lost control and collided with two vehicles before smashing into the pillars of the bridge, he said.
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