CATO MANOR- Four people have been injured after a truck lost control and crashed into a house off Westmeath Avenue in Cato Manor, Durban today.
At about 9:25am Rescue Care Paramedics arrived on the scene to find that a single truck had left the roadway and crashed into a house. On closer examination the driver was found to be entrapped in side the truck after Durban Fire Department cut him free from the wreckage, the driver was stabilised on the scene , once freed he was rushed with serious injuries to a nearby level one trauma unit.
The two passengers who were also in the truck were stabilised on scene before being transported to hospital.
The occupant from the house, who was struck by the wall which the truck knocked over , had sustained moderate injuries and once stabilised the female patient was transported to hospital.
“At this stage the exact cause of the collision is unknown however SAPS were on scene and will be investigating further “, said Rescue Care Paramedics, Garrith Jamieson