A man in his 20s was killed when a helicopter crashed onto two vehicles in Germiston on Wednesday, paramedics said.
Netcare 911 spokesperson Trevor Putterill said a helicopter crashed on top of two vehicles in a parking lot at an Eskom warehouse complex around 11.45am.
Emergency workers used the jaws-of-life to free the seriously injured man from one of the vehicles. He later died.
The pilot was being treated for injuries at the Union hospital in Alberton, Putterill said.
Three other helicopter occupants were unharmed.
The cause the of the accident was not known. - Sapa