A man was killed when the bakkie he was driving was rear-ended by a lorry on the N2 near Amanzimtoti on Wednesday morning.

Netcare 911 spokesman Chris Botha said that two passengers in the cab of the bakkie were also injured. One man was described as being in a serious condition while the other was described as being a in a critical condition.

Botha said that eyewitnesses told paramedics at the accident that the lorry had rear-ended the bakkie which then veered off the N2 and up the embankment into the underside of the Umdoni Road bridge that crosses over the N2.

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