Durban - A serious accident on the M7 Durban-bound near the N2 bridge on Tuesday involving a truck and three vehicles has left emergency services working frantically to free an entrapped passenger from the wreckage.
ALS Paramedics Medical Services director Garrith Jamieson paramedics are currently on the scene of a horrific multiple vehicle and truck accident on the M7 heading towards the Bluff near the N2 bridge.
He said paramedics responded to the call around 12.20pm this afternoon and arrived to find total carnage.
Jamieson said three vehicles and a truck collided. “It is alleged that a truck somehow lost control and collided into them before colliding into the bridge,” he said.
Jamieson said members of the eThekwini Fire Department are trying to gain access to the entrapped passenger.
“At this stage the passenger of the truck, a male believed to be in his thirties, is severely entrapped in the wreckage,” he said.
He said the status of the patient is unconfirmed.
“A further two patients from the other vehicles as well as the driver sustained injuries ranging from minor to moderate and are currently being treated on scene by advanced life support paramedics before they will be transported through to nearby hospitals for the further care that they require,” said Jamieson.
He advised all motorists to avoid this area at all costs saying the scene has been active from 1pm and would remain active for quite some time.
UPDATE: Man entrapped in truck in M7 multi-vehicle accident dies
