Approximately twenty people have been injured after twenty vehicles collided on the M7 Edwin Swales before South Coast Road in Durban on Tuesday morning just after 8am. Rescue Care Paramedics arrived on the scene to find total chaos. Badly damaged vehicles lay strewn across the road and the entire roadway […]
One person has been hospitalised with moderate injuries following a collision between two heavy motor vehicles on the R547, Lehlaka Park. Local authorities were on the scene for further investigations.
Paramedics from Emer-G-Med responded to a M.V.A on the corners of Oliver and Fabricia road. A truck and a minibus collided leaving four occupants with moderate injuries. Two patients were treated on scene by EGM & transported to nearby hospitals for further care.
Paramedics from Emer-G-Med responded to a minibus taxi vs truck on the N1 north after Walmansdaal. The minibus taxi rear-ended a truck. Multiple patients were treated and transported by other emergency services. One critical patient was airlifted to a nearby hospital.
Netcare 911 responded to reports of a collision on the L782 in the Phayipini area of Pietermaritzburg. Reports from the scene indicate that the driver of a heavy motor vehicle lost control resulting in the vehicle crashing into a house. Sadly two adult females from the house had sustained fatal […]
Paramedics from Emer-G-Med responded to an MVA on the N5, 20 km towards Kestell for a truck that overturned. One patient treated and transported to a nearby hospital.
Seven people were left injured this morning when a taxi rear-ended a truck towing a trailer at the R82 and Weilbach Road intersection in De Deur. ER24 paramedics, along with the Provincial Services, arrived on the scene to find the taxi and truck in the middle of the road. The […]
LIMPOPO: Very Serious road crash on the N1 near Tobias, The flow of Traffic is affected between Mookgophong and Polokwane.It is reported that 3 people are deceased in the accident. 1 of the deceased is a minor. Traffic Affairs North of Gauteng
At Polokwane City on the Corner Hospital and Landros Mare street a Toyota Quantum failed to stop at a stop sign and crashed into a Nissan NP 200 ldv.The minibus driver of about 37 years is deceased. 14 People including the driver of the NP 200 sustained serious injuries. Traffic Affairs […]
One man has died and two others were injured following a head-on collision between two large trucks on the East Driefontain Road in Carltonville, Gauteng, early this morning. ER24 paramedics arrived at 3:28 am to find one adult male with moderate injuries wondering the area and another still in one of the trucks who had […]
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FOUR TRUCK DRIVERS ARRESTED IN VAN REENEN BLOCKADE
Jan 14th: The truck blockade staged last night between Tugela and Van Reenen on the N3 was eventually broken up when Traffic Officials and the SAPS moved in and arrested four drivers who will appear in court tomorrow. The trucks which had blocked the road were moved and the south bound lane was opened at around 1.30am. Unfortunately, two trucks had by that time been burnt by the protestors – one pictured below. The north-bound lane was opened at 3.30am and traffic got back to its normal flow at around 6.00am. The reason for the long time taken for normal traffic flow to return was due to there being about a 7km backlog of trucks on both sides of the road due to the blockade. FleetWatch has no idea who is behind the action but one thing is for sure, a handful of people once again served to hold up South Africa’s main economic artery costing the country and the industry many millions of Rand at a time when South Africa cannot afford to waste even one Rand – and that is not on. There is a better way to air grievances but unless the organisation – or individuals – who are responsible come forward, where does one start. The problem here is that who, in their right mind, will come forward to accept liability and responsibility for two trucks being burnt and millions of Rand being lost. And are they linked to last year’s disaster that took place at Mooi River or the previous blockade that took place on Van Reenen’s pass? By blockading roads and burning trucks, they are setting themselves up for failure in getting any action on the message they are trying to get through. They are also setting themselves up for a ‘Guilty’ verdict when it comes to the damage incurred on trucks and the industry through their actions. Let’s hope the court goes further than just fining or sentencing the four arrested. Who are they representing is what we need to know?
