When paramedics arrived at the scene, they found that the truck had tipped right across the freeway, blocking the entire road as drivers tried to make alternative routes. As oranges tumbled from the huge industrial vehicle, passers-by took the moment of chaos to nab fruit.
A collision on the N3 Eastbound before the Marianhill Toll Plaza in Durban on Tuesday proved to be fatal.
Two truck accidents occurred in the exact same place on the R34 between Vryheid and Ulundi in KwaZulu-Natal on Monday.
Last week a truck blasted through a red light in Durban hitting four minibus taxis and three cars in Fields Hill, Pinetown. 19 people died on the scene, and three later passed away in the hospital. Watch this video shot on the dashboard camera of a car directly behind the vehicles that were hit.