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Durban M4 accident leaves man seriously injured

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A man was seriously injured after a truck, bus and car collided on the M4 Durban bound near the old Airport this afternoon. Exact detail to the cause of the accident and preceding events will remain a subject for police investigation and comment.

Netcare 911 paramedics and their rescue unit arrived at the scene and found that the articulated truck had slammed into the rear of a bus trapping the truck driver in the twisted remains of his vehicle, the vehicle and bus occupants escaped injuries.

After the rescue officers used the Jaws of Life to free the injured man, medics transported him to a local hospital for the care that he required.

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