Yesterday evening EMER-G-MED’s M02 and RV2 attended to a collision, where a truck driver lost control, jack-knifed and was T-boned by a taxi, on the R24 West after Barbara Road – east of Johannesburg. The taxi driver and only occupant of the taxi sustained minor injuries and was transported to […]
Month: November 2016
PFG Building Glass to implement StratoPOD to streamline business document processes
PFG Building Glass is set to implement the innovative StratoPOD solution – the mobile business application for delivery documentation developed by the Strato IT Group. Upon completion the project will facilitate the automation of logistic processes and the digitisation of delivery and other transport related documentation. “The situation that led […]
De Rooy Team Aims to Win the 2017 Dakar Rally on Goodyear Truck Tyres
The 2016 truck class winner again picks Goodyear truck tyres for all vehiclesThe De Rooy team, winners of the 2016 Dakar rally truck class, are going for gold again in the world’s toughest race, driving on standard Goodyear Offroad ORD tyres. The De Rooy team, winners of the 2016 Dakar […]
Truck driver pinned in cabin after crash, Howick
A 49-year-old man sustained serious injuries when he apparently lost control of a truck and veered down an embankment into trees along the Lions River Road in Howick. Shortly after 10am paramedics from ER24 arrived on the scene where they found the truck lying on its side between the trees. […]
Toyota to Start Sales of Fuel Cell Buses
Toyota Motor Corporation will begin to sell fuel cell buses (FC buses) under the Toyota brand from early 2017. Having already undergone repeated field tests for practical use, the Bureau of Transportation of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government plans to utilise two of these FC buses (model name: Toyota FC Bus) […]
MAN opens new dealerships in Morocco with a caravan of trucks
On 17 October, a caravan of trucks mobilised by MAN and SEFAMAR, the Munich-based manufacturer’s importer, departed Agadir on a trek across Morocco. The convoy of five trucks – two long-haul transport road trains, a refuse collector vehicle and two tippers – covered 1700 kilometres over 10 days, stopping at five […]
Goods recovered in Musina reportedly stolen from hijacked trucks
Limpopo: The Provincial Tracking Team conducted a sting operation at a house in Musina last night, where a 30-year-old businessman was arrested for possession of suspected stolen goods believed to be stolen from the hijacked trucks in Gauteng and Kwazulu Natal Provinces. During the arrest, suspected stolen goods worth an […]
A jack-knifed truck collides with another truck, Alberton
This morning EMER-G-MED’s M08 attended to a jack-knifed truck, which also collided with a second truck and a car, on Swartkoppies and Hibiscus – in Alberton. Fortunately, no injuries were reported.
Truck ploughs through residential wall, Pretoria
A truck driver has sustained moderate injuries after a truck delivering cement rolled back on a steep road and crashed through a residential wall on Korannaberg street in Waterkloof Heights, Pretoria. When Netcare911 paramedics and other services arrived on scene they found the truck driver still in his truck with […]
Suspects arrested in possession of truckload full of counterfeit goods
Three suspects were arrested yesterday after being caught with a truckload full of counterfeit goods and attempting to bribe Police officers with R13 000-00 cash. Members of Crime Intelligence and the Provincial Tracking Team stop and searched a truck on the N1 North outside Polokwane and discovered counterfeit goods with […]