A cash-in-transit van was involved in a shoot-out this morning. Photos: ER24

A large cash-in-transit van was involved in a shoot-out this morning during which five people were injured.

The incident occurred at the Van Dyks Drift and Goedehoop Road intersection outside of Witbank in Mpumalanga.

According to ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring one of the five vehicles on the scene was a large cash-in-transit vehicle. A number of the vehicles had been riddled with bullet holes.

Four people sustained minor injuries while a fifth man sustained a gunshot wound to his leg.
Paramedics treated the patients on scene and thereafter transported them to hospitals in Witbank.