Truck driver dies in blaze
2003-12-16 21:53
Welkom - The driver of a truck was burned to death when it overturned on the N1 highway near Winburg in the Free State on Tuesday, police said.
Police Director Koos Bonthuys said the driver, Johannes Gert Du Plessis, was trapped in the burning truck when police arrived at the incident. He was already dead.
It was not clear how the two-trailer truck had overturned and caught fire, said Bonthuys.
He said a case of culpable homicide had been opened.
The total damage to the truck was estimated at R1.7m, said Bonthuys.
- SAPA