A female has tragically died while a man sustained serious injuries after a vehicle overturned on the n2 north between umhlanga and Sibiya in Kwa-zulu Natal this afternoon at around 14h00. Reports indicate that the vehicle veered off the road, slammed into a tree and then rolled down an embankment.
Exact detail to the cause of the accident and preceding events will remain a subject for police investigation and comment.
Netcare 911 paramedics and the fire department arrived at the scene and found a female aged fifty five still trapped in the wreckage of the vehicle, tragically she had died before our arrival. The driver had sustained serious injuries, paramedics stabilized him on scene before he was transported to a nearby hospital for the care that he required.