A two year old boy died after being hit by a car in Ignatius road in the Orchards suburb of Pretoria this afternoon. It is purported that the child ran into the roadway and landed in front of an oncoming vehicle.
Netcare 911 paramedics arrived within minutes of receiving the call but tragically the child had [...]
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Heroic Firemen rescued 3 French foreign nationalists after their car washed off the bridge during a flash flood in the Midrand area tonight. It is believed that the three foreigners were crossing the bridge in Alsatian road in Midrand when flood water forced their vehicle off the bridge. Fortunately their car came to rest on [...]
Nine people were injured, 5 seriously in a roll-over accident on the N14 near the R55 off ramp in the Centurion area of Pretoria this afternoon. It is believed that the rear wheel of the taxi burst causing it to overturn. The twisted frame of the taxi came to rest in the centre median of [...]
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A female driver died and three others were injured in a snarl-up on the M1 south near the Jan Smuts off- ramp this morning just after 10h00. Details of this horrific accident will remain a subject for police investigation. An eyewitness reports that the driver of the Ford Fiesta lost control of the vehicle hurtled [...]
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A two year old died and 6 others were injured in a head-on collision on the R101 in the Rayton Area on Wednesday afternoon. Although details of the accident remain a subject for police investigation , it is purported that an Isuzu bakkie and a Opel collided head on. The mangled remains of the Isuzu came [...]
One person died and 4 others were injured in a roll over accident on the R 530 between Coligny and Hartbeesfontein near Klerksdorp today. Exact details of the accident is still speculative and a matter for police investigation , however it is purported that the driver lost control of his vehicle and overturned after negotiating [...]
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Fifteen people were injured, three seriously, when the minibus taxi they were travelling in collided with a bus on Umgeni Road near Durban Station this evening.
It is thought that the driver of the fully laden taxi was unable to stop in time and ploughed into the back of the bus.
The driver and front passenger of [...]
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A 32 year old man is in a critical condition after a head- on collision between a motorbike and a VW Jetta at the intersection of the K101 and Ollifantsfontein road this morning at around 08h45.
Details of the accident is still speculative, however when paramedics arrived on scene they found the bike rider in the roadway [...]
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This question was sent to the Arrive Alive website yesterday. We would like to share the answer provided by one of the Experts from the RTMC:
“The Demerit Point part of AARTO will follow after the implementation of AARTO (Penalty Payment part) countrywide. The National Minister of Transport already indicated that he would like to see [...]
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A municipal worker was seriously injured when she was struck by a hijacked car fleeing police on Kenville Road, Sea Cow Lake, this afternoon.
It is thought that the woman had been working at the roadside cutting the grass when the hijacked vehicle rounded a bend at high speed with eThekwini Metro and South African Police [...]
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