Massive KZN N3 West 3-Truck Collision Caught On Rear-View Footage, Road Worker Nearly Crushed

• An earth-shattering collision between three heavy trucks on a KZN route was caught in rear-view footage
• A video shows the moment an 18-wheeler collided with a moving multi-ton vehicle and another stationary vehicle
• The spine-chilling clip attracted almost 460,000 views within 60 hours

CLIFFDALE — Another horrific crash on a KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) route, showing a collision involving three trucks, was caught on camera.

The @TrafficSA X page posted spine-chilling rear-view camera footage of a speeding 18-wheeler getting sandwiched between a stationary and moving truck.

Massive KZN N3 West truck collision

The video caption suggests the heavy multi-vehicle crash happened on the KZN N3 West route near Cliffdale, outside Durban West.

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The footage's timestamp revealed that the accident occurred on Sunday, 2 November 2024, at about 5:52am.

Watch the video here.

Noticeably, it is still bright outside, ruling out weather conditions as a possible cause of the accident. Another glaring detail is the fast speed at which the colliding truck is travelling.

The 27-second clip starts with an uneventful view of the road. To the left, several cones can be seen in the emergency lane, suggesting that roadworks are in progress.

As the truck approaches and passes a stationary road construction vehicle, a man in safety gear can be seen standing outside it in the emergency lane.

A split second later, chaos erupts as the heavy vehicle barrelling down the road collides into the back of and between the moving and stationary trucks.

The impact sends an explosion of debris and a veil of dark smoke into the air before clearing, revealing the extent of the wreckage.

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At the same time, the man standing outside, who was blissfully unaware of the incoming danger until the point of impact, could be seen on the other side of the barricade, seemingly on the ground.

Several co-workers surround him, including others climbing out of the emergency roadway vehicle.

Meanwhile, the initially moving truck stopped while the third was out of view. The spine-chilling clip garnered nearly 460,000 views within the 60 hours since it was posted.

Dashcam shows 8 KZN youths crashing

In another chilling incident, footage of the eight youngsters killed in a horrific crash on the N2 Mandeni in northern KZN on 11 October 2024 emerged.

The video, posted on the @VehicleTrackerz X page, surfaced three days after another clip showed the group filming themselves getting ready to travel.

Source: Briefly News