A truck driver was transported to hospital after suffering a medical emergency on the N3 near Cliffdale this morning.

Just after 8am, Mi7 Emergency Medical Services received reports of a truck driver requiring urgent medical assistance. Paramedics from the Mi7 EMS base at Hibiscus Cato Ridge Hospital were immediately dispatched.

On arrival, paramedics found a 37-year-old man lying in front of his truck.

According to a traffic officer at the scene, the truck had been observed weaving across the freeway. The officer stopped the vehicle and, after approaching the driver, noticed signs suggesting he may have suffered a seizure. The driver was assisted from the truck, but experienced a further seizure after reaching the front of the vehicle.

Mi7 paramedics stabilised the patient at the scene before transporting him to a nearby hospital for further treatment.

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