The Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) Headquarters recorded twenty one (21) emergency calls between 17:26 and 17:29 on Friday afternoon from the scene of a multi vehicle accident.
Reaction Officer & Paramedics arrived on scene at 17:29 and found that a super-link mechanical horse & trailer had collided into two (2) Toyota Hilux bakkies and a minibus taxi while turning onto the Vincent Dickenson Road in Canelands – Kwazulu Natal.
The truck loaded with two (2) trailers of cornflakes then veered off the road down a steep embankment, crushing and trapping a bakkie partially under the heavy motor vehicle.
Reaction Officers took approximately 30 minutes to free two (2) people entrapped inside the vehicle (see images). They were eventually extricated and stabilised by Paramedics. Five (5) people were seriously injured.
The Ethekweni Fire Department, Metro Police and several Ambulance Services rendered assistance at the scene.
Reaction Officers remain on standby at the scene to prevent potential looting of the truck.
Critical Injuries As Superlink Horse & Trailer Crashes: Canelands – KZNhttps://t.co/aab3e3Fb21#ArriveAlive #TruckCrash pic.twitter.com/lXPn9i4BgI
– Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) June 6, 2026
Multiple Patients Seriously Injured Following Multi-Vehicle Collision In Canelands, Verulamhttps://t.co/aab3e3Fb21#ArriveAlive #TruckCrash pic.twitter.com/W0vLmSLiDL
– Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) June 6, 2026
