Truck driver burns to death

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Published Jul 27, 2015

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Durban - A truck driver burnt to death when his vehicle ploughed down an embankment and caught alight near Richmond in KwaZulu-Natal on Monday.

Netcare 911 spokesman Chris Both said the heavy-duty lorry left the road near the intersection of the R56 and the R624 a few kilometres outside of Richmond.

Botha said that the driver became entrapped in the cab of his vehicle and was unable to flee when it was engulfed in flames.

Paramedics declared him dead at the accident scene.

Both a said the cause of the accident was not known.

ANA

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