A cash guard has been killed in a cash in transit robbery on the M35, near Folweni in the Durban south area.
ALS Paramedics spokesperson, Garrith Jamieson, said they were alerted to the scene just after 9am on Tuesday morning.
“We arrived on scene to find police had cordoned off the area. Paramedics were shown through to an armoured van that was found lying on its side, at the entrance of a private property,” he said.
Jamieson said emergency teams found that three guards had been in the vehicle.
“Unfortunately, one male believed to be in his 30s, sustained fatal injuries and there was nothing that paramedics could do for him and he was declared deceased at the scene,” Jamieson said.
“Another security officer was critically injured and was stabilised on scene before he was airlifted to hospital for the urgent further care.”
A third guard was moderately injured and was treated at the scene.
Jamieson added that the events of the incident will form part of a police investigation.
He added that the roadway remains closed to traffic while police investigate.
A cash guard has been killed while a second guard was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition following a cash heist on the M35, near Folweni i n #KZN this morning. A third guard sustained minor injuries. Video: ALS Paramedics pic.twitter.com/mRkbhPG8zS
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When approached by IOL for comment, KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda, said the scene was still active and police were collating information.
*The article will be updated once police have commented.
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