Please approach with caution. A petrol tanker has crashed on Kliprivier Drive near the N12 exit, Suideroord in the Johannesburg southern suburbs.
Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department’s (JMPD) Communications Unit confirmed that the petrol tanker was the only vehicle involved in the accident.
It landed on the embankment next to the N12 East. The driver remains trapped inside the vehicle.
Hazmat technicians are on the scene to contain the petrol spillage while Emergency Management Services attempt to release the driver from the vehicle.
JMPD officers are among those who have been deployed to control the accident scene.
Residents living within proximity of the accident scene are urged to be extremely cautious of the situation at hand, and motorists are advised to avoid the N12 in both directions travelling between Xavier Street and Comaro Road.
Photos and video footage showed the truck hanging from the bridge.
Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) spokesperson Xolani Fihla said from the preliminary information they received, the tanker crashed and landed on the embankment next to the N12 East.
“Two people were driving in a diesel tanker when it hit the bridge. One was rushed off to hospital,” Fihla said.
“Hazmat technicians are on the scene to contain the petrol spillage and Emergency Management Services [EMS] is also on the scene for the extrication of the driver from the vehicle.”
The accident comes barely a day after another diesel tanker overturned during a crash on Friday morning in Wadeville, Germiston.
Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management Services spokesperson, William Ntladi, confirmed emergency services were at the scene and managed to contain the leaking.
Ntladi said the diesel tanker was carrying 30 000 litres at the time of the crash.
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