WATCH: Diesel spill on KZN highway draws fuel-hungry looters with soft drink bottles and buckets

Two trucks collided on the M7 and N2 on-ramp on Monday. Picture: ALS Paramedics. Thousands of litres flowed down a highway in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) after two trucks collided in Durban.

The accident happened on the M7 and N2 on-ramp on Monday morning, with looters using soft drink bottles and buckets to scoop up the diesel. ALS Paramedic spokesperson Garrith Jamieson said the collision between a tanker carrying 30 000 litres of diesel and a heavy-duty truck occurred shortly before 11am, resulting in a major spillage and two entrapments. “Multiple ALS Paramedics units were dispatched to a serious T-bone collision of two trucks.

Paramedics arrived on scene to find chaos and carnage. Jamieson said paramedics found two trucks with trailers, one being a tanker, had been involved in a T-bone collision. According to ALS Paramedics, the tanker reportedly overturned, came to rest on its side, and immediately began leaking approximately 30 000 litres of diesel onto the roadway.

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Police had to intervene to stop the looting of diesel in Durban a short while ago.A truck and a tanker crashed on the M7/N2 intersection, leading to a massive spill.Four occupants of the trucks have been injured.The scene is still active.@eNCApic.twitter.com/kDCY6YElrH Jamieson said paramedics found “many looters” attempting to steal the diesel and, upon assessing the scene, discovered that four people had been injured in the collision between the two trucks. “Two of the occupants were severely entrapped in the wreckage, and the eThekwini fire department was called and arrived swiftly and used the jaws of life and other hydraulic equipment to cut them free,” Jamieson said. He said that once freed, all patients were transported to local government facilities by ALS paramedics.

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