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Truck driver killed in N3 crash

13 September 2010

A truck driver was killed when he was thrown from his out-of-control articulated vehicle on the N3 north bound carriageway in the vicinity of Key Ridge this morning.

The cause of the accident and details of events leading up the smash remain unclear. Paramedics arrived at the scene to find the truck’s trailer and cargo were in the north bound carriageway while the cab had come to rest on the extreme right hand side of the south bound lanes.

The truck driver’s body was found in the centre median and it would appear that he had been thrown from the vehicle. He had sustained polytraumatic injuries and had died prior to the arrival of medics.

He was declared dead at the scene.

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Truck driver shot dead in KZN

2010-09-28 07:44

Durban - A truck driver was shot and killed in Horseshoe Road in Jacobs in KwaZulu-Natal on Monday, paramedics said.

Netare 911 spokesperson Jeffrey Wicks said paramedics received a report of the shooting and responded to the scene.

They found a man lying near the road. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and had succumbed to his injuries prior to the arrival of paramedics.

The cause of the shooting was unknown.

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Truck driver hijacked, robbed

2010-01-19 19:03

Johannesburg - A truck driver was hijacked and robbed of R10 000 in Zakhariapark, Lenasia on Tuesday morning, Soweto police said.

Captain Phillemon Khorombi said the woman was delivering boxes of potato chips when two men armed with a pistol and a knife attacked her.

"They fled with the truck and the R10 000 but she was not harmed," he said.

The truck was found abandoned in Bushkoppies, Eldorado Park at around 11:00 but the alleged hijackers are still at large.

Truck driver killed after crashing into Vaal River

Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News - Tue, 10th Aug 2010

The vehicle fell fifty meters into the water after the driver apparently lost control on the R59 Vaal Bridge. ER24’s Vanessa J ackson said when paramedics arrived on the scene, the truck was already almost entirely submerged.

Man injured during bread truck robbery

The Mercury - Fri, 10th Sep 2010

Spokesman Jeff Wicks said the driver of the truck was also beaten up during the incident. "He had sustained head and facial trauma and was in a stable condition," he said. Wicks said the robber was shot twice in the abdomen.

Five dead as truck crushes car in Free State: South Africa: News

City Press - Sat, 4th Sep 2010

The truck and its double trailer and the Tazz apparently both failed to stop at the Kutlwanong crossing on the Welkom/Kroonstad road, about 10km from Welkom, around 9pm, and collided, ER24 spokesperson Vanessa Jackson said.

Truck falls fifty meters into river Public Eye Online

Public Eye Newspaper - Mon, 23rd Aug 2010

Truck falls fifty meters into river Accident scene ER24 paramedics were called to the R59 at the Vaal River bridge, just before the Voortrekker Road off ramp after bystanders witnesses an articulated truck leaving the road, falling into the river below.

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Truck driver fights off hijackers

Zululandobserver - Tue, 31st Aug 2010

According to Walton’s Empangeni Manager Mike Patterson, the driver, Sipho Mngadi, reported that just before the Mtunzini toll plaza a white car (possibly a Volkswagen Jetta) slowed down in front of him.

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