KWAZULU-NATAL. – A towing service driver died on Tuesday morning after the vehicle he was travelling in left the road on the N2 southbound, shortly before the KwaMashu off-ramp.
According to KZN VIP Protection Services, it is suspected that the driver may have suffered a medical emergency before he lost control of the towing vehicle and the vehicle left the road. Paramedics from KZN VIP found the driver trapped in the wreckage. Despite efforts to assist him, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The service says the deceased was well known to members of the team and that they had worked together with him at various accident scenes.
According to KZN VIP Protection Services, the driver, like many towing vehicle operators, worked long and demanding hours and frequently assisted motorists and emergency services under difficult conditions. The precise circumstances that led to the accident have not yet been confirmed and will be investigated by the relevant authorities.
KZN VIP Protection Services expressed its condolences to the deceased's family, friends, colleagues and loved ones.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
