Update: One dead, scores more injured in multiple road crashes across Durban
Emergency services had their hands full on Monday morning attending to two separate crashes in Durban.
A man has died following a car crash M4 northern freeway Durban-bound near Broadway offramp.
ALS Paramedics spokesperson, Garrith Jamieson, said emergency teams found that a male believed to be in his 30s had sustained major injuries and unfortunately there was nothing Paramedics could do for him and he was declared deceased on the scene.
It is believed the man was a passenger in the light motor vehicle. One other patient had sustained minor injuries and was treated in the scene.
Jamieson, said one person was entrapped and scores more injured in a multiple-vehicle crash on the M1, Higginson Highway, over the N2 bridge in Chatsworth.
"Paramedics arrived on the scene to find chaos as they found that a truck, two vehicles and a fully-laden taxi had collided at the junction, leaving multiple injured and one person entrapped," he said.
Various emergency teams as well as the eThekwini Fire Department were also called to assist in extricating the entrapped victim.
Jamieson said a triage was immediately done and a total of 10 people had sustained various injuries.
"Once stabilised at the scene the injured were transported to various Durban hospitals for the further care that they required," he said.
In a second multiple vehicle crash, on Old Dutch Road before Warwick Avenue in Durban CBD, Jamieson explained that a truck, bus, two cars and three taxis collided.
"A triage was done and approximately 12 people had sustained various injuries ranging from minor to moderate. Once stabilised at the scene all of the injured were transported to various Durban hospitals for the further care that they required," he added.
He said traffic was severely affected in both events.
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