Netcare 911 responded to reports of a collision on Hendrik Potgieter Road in Roodepoort. Reports from the scene indicate that the driver of a truck lost control over a bridge. Sadly the passenger sustained fatal injuries and was declared deceased on the scene. The driver sustained moderate injuries and once […]
A truck is on fire on the N3 South under Modderfontein bridge. Patients were transported to hospital for further treatment. The N3 South bound is closed for recovery of truck.
A pedestrian, believed to be in his thirties, sustained critical injuries when he was knocked down by a truck along the R82 in Ekeinhof, South of Johannesburg on Friday morning. At approximately 5.30am, paramedics from ER24 and members from the South African Police Service attended the scene. The pedestrian was […]
A truck overturned on the N3 North of Villiers. 1 Declared Dead on scene. Moderately injured transported to Mafube Hospital in Frankfort.
Paramedics from Emer-G-Med in attendance for a truck that went through a concrete wall. EGM will be transporting one patient to a nearby hospital.
@EMER_G_MED M07 drove on to a collision between two trucks and a car. Only one person was injured and trapped in one of the trucks, fire department assist with the extraction of the patient.We would like to thank @COJEMS for their rapid response and awesome work to extricate the patient.The […]
Two people were injured after a four ton Toyota Dyna truck collided into three stationary vehicles at the Canelands Intersection in Verulam this afternoon. At approximately 16:19 members of Reaction Unit South Africa were called out to the scene by passing motorists reporting the incident. Upon arrival the truck was […]
Rescue Care Paramedics arrived on scene to find that two vehicles had collided on the South bound carriageway before one vehicle went through the center mediem and overturned coming to rest on its side on the North bound carriageway. A father and child believed to be eleven years old sustained […]
Paramedics from Emer-G-Med attended to a crash where a truck allegedly rear-ended a vehicle causing it to roll on the N4 Rustenburg Freeway about 1.5km from the Dr Swanepoel offramp direction west. One patient transported by A05. Emer-G-Med
Rescue Care Paramedics are currently on scene at a truck that is stuck under the bridge on DLI Avenue in Greyville. No injuries are reported on scene. The roadway going out of town is completely blocked off.
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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?
