Durban – A motorist, who was fleeing from members of the SA Police Service (SAPS) died on Tuesday afternoon when he drove into oncoming traffic and collided with a truck on a bend in the Umbilo area.
Five other occupants from the fleeing car survived the crash with injuries.
ALS Paramedics said at 13h30 responders attended to “a serious crash which was also a crime scene on the M7 joining Umbilo Arterial”.
On arrival paramedics said they found “chaos as SAPS had secured the scene”.
ALS Paramedics said: “A vehicle which SAPS was allegedly in pursuit of was allegedly traveling contraflow on the Umbilo Arterial when they collided head on into a truck on a bend.
“The driver of the light motor vehicle was found severely entrapped in the wreckage and had suffered fatal injuries.
“He was declared deceased at the scene.”
Paramedics said five other occupants from the vehicle sustained injuries ranging from “moderate to serious and were stabilised on the scene by ALS Paramedics and EMRS [Emergency Response Services] before they were transported to a nearby hospital under police guard”.
The truck driver sustained moderate injuries and was stabilised on the scene by Advanced Life Support Paramedics before being transported to a nearby hospital.
Although the police did not say what crime the men were accused of, they were investigating the matter.
