PINETOWN – Three people have been killed in a horror crash in Pinetown this afternoon just after 1.30pm, on Sunday.
Rescue Care Paramedics arrived on the scene on the N3 near Paradise Valley and found carnage. A single vehicle had left the roadway and collided with a concrete pillar coming to rest on its roof. A father, mother and son were in the vehicle. Two patients were entrapped in the wreckage and had sustained severe injuries, unfortunately nothing more could be done by paramedics and they were declared deceased on the scene. One patient had sustained critical injuries and Rescue Care’s Advanced Life Support Paramedics worked to stabilise the man on the scene however due to the severity of his injuries he too passed away on the scene.
At this stage it is unclear what caused the single vehicle to lose control and hit the pillar however SAPS Accident investigating unit were on scene and will be investigating further.