Pretoria - The N4 highway in Pretoria east has been closed following a violent cash-in-transit heist that left four security officers with injuries.
Paramedics rushed to the scene to treat the four security officers who escaped the ambush with moderate injuries when armed men blasted their van with explosives.
Motorists and residents close enough to the scene, between the Simon Vermooten Road and Rossouw Street offramps under the Gordon Verster Street bridge began documenting the aftermath of absolute chaos.
Images and videos from the scene showed multiple vehicles lay strewn across the highway with the cash van having been blown up by suspects.
Some more video footage of this morning's CIT heist
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Emer-G-Med said the security officers who sustained injuries were treated and stabilised on the scene before being taken to a nearby hospital for further care.
There were no fatalities reported.
The police arrived on the scene shortly thereafter to conduct the necessary investigation.
Police are still searching for the suspects.
National police spokesperson, Colonel Robert Netshiunda said according to reports a cash delivery truck and its escort vehicle were driving along the N4 route when they were allegedly attacked by suspects who were reportedly travelling in multiple vehicles.
“Both the escort vehicle and the cash truck collided with the suspects' vehicles.
“The escort vehicle is reported to have overturned and two security guards were injured in the process.
“The driver of the cash truck and his crew member also sustained injuries from the impact.
“Suspects allegedly robbed the security guards of their three firearms, a rifle and two pistols before fleeing the scene with an undisclosed amount of money.” he said.
One of the videos circulating on social media showed a car burning and one of the tyres blowing up loudly from the heat.
Another car lay rolled over a couple of metres away.
Pretoria News