Johannesburg - Three people who made it out alive after a truck carrying coal fell onto their car and flattened it have been described as miracle survivors by police and paramedics.
However, they were cut out, treated at the scene and taken to hospital where they are in a stable condition. ER24’s Ineke van Huyssteen, said they arrived at the scene shortly after 8am to find only the front part of the vehicle sticking out from under the trailer of the truck that was carrying coal.“The City of Joburg fire department started with the extrication process that took more than an hour. Once the patients were freed, they were assessed and found to have sustained minor to moderate injuries.
“The truck driver and the driver of the other car turned at the same time. He said the other vehicle then bumped one of his wheel at the back and that was when the truck vehicle jackknifed.
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