Vehicle bursts into flames, 1 dead
One man died when a light delivery vehicle crashed on the R544 opposite Van Dyk’s Drift mine in Witbank, Mpumalanga, and burst into flames.
|||Witbank – One man died when a light delivery vehicle (LDV) crashed on the R544 opposite Van Dyk’s Drift mine in Witbank, Mpumalanga, and burst into flames, paramedics said on Saturday.
ER24 paramedics and the local fire service arrived on the scene at about 8.30pm on Friday night and found a panel van on the side of the road, ER24 spokesman Werner Vermaak said.
“The vehicle was well alight at the time. Firefighters extinguished the fire before paramedics were able to approach the vehicle. The vehicle was completely burnt out. Upon inspection they found a body inside of the vehicle. Paramedics were unable to identify the person.”
It appeared as if the LDV crashed into a barrier on the side of the road before bursting into flames. The cause of the accident was not yet known. The scene was handed over to local police for investigation, Vermaak said.
African News Agency (ANA)