A heavy truck carrying flammable products collided with three vehicles in South Africa's KwaZulu Natal province, killing seven people and injuring more than 40, emergency services said.
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"
Seven people were fatally injured in the accident,
" tweeted the provincial emergency services, who called on motorists to be cautious. The private hospital group Netcare, whose teams took part in the rescue, declared that "
forty-four people were injured
" and treated on the spot. The heavy truck loaded with flammable products was notably burning, as well as a bus, according to images from the
South African Broadcasting Corporation
.
