SA pilot dies parachuting through windscreen

The pilot of a South African air force jet parachuted through the windscreen of on oncoming truck and was killed after his plane crashed near a main road today.

Two men, the pilot and instructor, died after ejecting from the ageing Italian built Impala jet trainer before it crashed less than 10 yards from the road near the city of Nelspruit, 210 miles east of Johannesburg.