A Truck driver sustained serious injuries after his truck plunged twenty meters down an embankment in the Underberg area this morning. Exact detail to the cause of the accident will remain a subject for police comment.
Netcare 911 and Provincial paramedics arrived at the scene and found the man still trapped in the wreckage. While the rescue team used the Jaws of Life to free the injured man paramedics worked tirelessly to stabilize him.
After the patient was extricated and treated on scene they transported him to a Netcare hospital in Pietermaritzburg for the care that he required.
