Emergency services had to chop away bush down a steep embankment to remove the body of a 24 year-old Kei Mouth man who crashed into fully loaded quarry truck near Kenton on Sea on Wednesday.
Police spokeswoman Captain Mali Govender confirmed they had opened a culpable homicide after the bakkie driver allegedly lost control and rolled into the path of a Supa Crush Quarries truck.
When the Dispatch arrived at the scene hours after the horror crash, the Mazda bakkie was still trapped under the front of the truck 35 metres down the embankment and emergency services had still not removed the body.
The impact was so fierce that the back bakkie axle was still on the side of the R343 - which was covered in a large slick of oil and petrol - near to where it hit the truck.
Supa Crush Quarries safety officer Carmen Simon, who arrived at the crash scene shortly after it happened, said the unnamed driver of the fully loaded 35 ton truck had miraculously escaped without any injury.
She said the driver was coming round a corner when he saw the bakkie "rolling towards him out of control."
"There was nothing he could do, they hit each other and left the road together."
Sixteen year old bystander Zikhona Ngangi said she was doing washing in a tub outside their simple rural mud home when she heard a loud crash and looked up and saw the truck crashing down the embankment.
"I got a big shock, I was scared and called for help."
She said she went to the truck and asked the shocked driver to climb out the front window.
"The driver was ok, people started coming from the road to look.
"Everybody was in shock, people just stood and watched."
In a tragic twist, emergency personnel at the scene said the man, who worked at a nearby game reserve, was on his way to meet his parents in Port Alfred when the accident occurred.
They said worried family had called his cellphone number and when they got no reply they decided to drive the route he was travelling.
The Kei Mouth couple stopped at police near the crash scene and asked if a white Mazda bakkie was involved in the crash.
A policeman said the traumatised parents then took a decision not to go to the crash site, where their dead son was still in the bakkie covered by a blanket under the truck, after getting confirmation it was him.
Govender said late yesterday they were still investigating the cause of the crash and were not exactly sure what happened.
She said a statement would be taken from the truck driver and appealed for any witnesses to contact police. Man
Man dies in EC crash
Police spokeswoman Captain Mali Govender confirmed they had opened a culpable homicide after the bakkie driver allegedly lost control and rolled into the path of a Supa Crush Quarries truck.
When the Dispatch arrived at the scene hours after the horror crash, the Mazda bakkie was still trapped under the front of the truck 35 metres down the embankment and emergency services had still not removed the body.
The impact was so fierce that the back bakkie axle was still on the side of the R343 - which was covered in a large slick of oil and petrol - near to where it hit the truck.
Supa Crush Quarries safety officer Carmen Simon, who arrived at the crash scene shortly after it happened, said the unnamed driver of the fully loaded 35 ton truck had miraculously escaped without any injury.
She said the driver was coming round a corner when he saw the bakkie "rolling towards him out of control."
"There was nothing he could do, they hit each other and left the road together."
Sixteen year old bystander Zikhona Ngangi said she was doing washing in a tub outside their simple rural mud home when she heard a loud crash and looked up and saw the truck crashing down the embankment.
"I got a big shock, I was scared and called for help."
She said she went to the truck and asked the shocked driver to climb out the front window.
"The driver was ok, people started coming from the road to look.
"Everybody was in shock, people just stood and watched."
In a tragic twist, emergency personnel at the scene said the man, who worked at a nearby game reserve, was on his way to meet his parents in Port Alfred when the accident occurred.
They said worried family had called his cellphone number and when they got no reply they decided to drive the route he was travelling.
The Kei Mouth couple stopped at police near the crash scene and asked if a white Mazda bakkie was involved in the crash.
A policeman said the traumatised parents then took a decision not to go to the crash site, where their dead son was still in the bakkie covered by a blanket under the truck, after getting confirmation it was him.
Govender said late yesterday they were still investigating the cause of the crash and were not exactly sure what happened.
She said a statement would be taken from the truck driver and appealed for any witnesses to contact police. Man
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