Bags of cement were strewn across the road after a collision on the M4 Ruth First Highway

Just before 14h30 on Friday Emer-G-Med paramedics responded to the scene of a collision involving a heavy articulated vehicle and a light motor vehicle on the M4 Ruth First Highway near the Portland Drive area.

On arrival on the scene, a heavy-duty truck was found to have careened across the centre median, colliding with the car head-on, before smashing into a wall.

Cement bags lay strewn across the roadway.

The truck driver, a male approximately thirty years of age suffered moderate injuries and was treated and stabilized on the scene before being taken to a nearby hospital for further care.

The driver and only occupant of the light motor vehicle escaped with no serious injuries.