Johannesburg - A woman died and a man was critically injured when their car hit a tree in Carletonville on Friday, Gauteng paramedics said.
"When paramedics arrived on scene, they found the light motor vehicle wedged up against a tree on the side of the road," ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring said.
"On assessment, paramedics discovered that a female passenger had sustained fatal injuries in the collision. The male driver lay pinned inside the vehicle and was in a critical condition."
The man was extricated and taken to Carletonville Hospital.
Meiring said the cause of the accident was not known.