[BLOEMFONTEIN] – Truck and car collide leaving one dead, three injured.

One woman was killed and three others left injured following a collision between a truck and a light motor vehicle on the N1 highway, approximately 50km from Bloemfontein.

ER24 paramedics, along with other services, arrived on the scene at 04h00 to find the two vehicles on the side of the road.

On closer inspection, medics found that a woman lay trapped inside the light motor vehicle. Unfortunately, the woman had already succumbed to her numerous injuries. Nothing could be done for her and she was declared dead.

Three other patients, including two children, had sustained minor injuries.

The patients were treated and thereafter transported to nearby hospitals for further care.

Local authorities were on the scene for further investigations.