A driver of a petrol tanker had to be rescued from his vehicle after it crashed into bridge on Kliprivier Drive north near the N12 exit, Suideroord, Johannesburg.Photos and video footage showed the truck hanging from the bridge.
Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department spokesperson Xolani Fihla said from the preliminary information they received, the tanker crashed and landed on the embankment next to the N12 East.“Two people were driving in a diesel tanker when it hit the bridge. One was rushed off to hospital,” Fihla said.
“Hazmat technicians are on the scene to contain the petrol spillage and Emergency Management Services [EMS] is also on the scene for the extrication of the driver from the vehicle.”
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