Just before 04h00 on Wednesday morning Emer-G-Med paramedics responded to the scene of a serious motor vehicle collision on the R21 in the Olifantsfontein area.
Reports from the scene were that a delivery vehicle crashed into a stationary light motor vehicle.
Four men all aged in their thirties who were seated in the vehicle at the time of impact suffered injuries.
When emergency personnel was able to conduct a closer inspection, they found two men to be entrapped in the wreckage. One of them had suffered fatal injuries and was declared dead on arrival of paramedics, whilst the second was in a critical condition.
Emergency Care Practitioners worked fervently to stabilize him before he was taken to a nearby hospital for further care.
The two other passengers sustained moderate injuries and were treated and stabilized on the scene before being taken to a nearby hospital for further care.
The occupants of the delivery vehicle were fortunately not injured.