Veld fire causes pile-up in KZN
Veld fire causes pile-up in KZN
22 July 2006
published by http://www.iol.co.za/
A veld fire near Pietermaritzburg resulted in an 11 car pileup on the N3 northbound highway on Saturday morning, KwaZulu-Natal metro police said.
The collisions took place at 7.30 between Cato Ridge and Camperdown, Inspector Rajen Chinaboo said.
Eleven people were injured. One was in a serious condition.
“Traffic was diverted for an hour and a half to the Camperdown offramp and rejoined on the Umlaas Road on-ramp.”
Chinaboo said the road was expected to be reopened before 10am. – Sapa