The N3 outbound out of Pietermaritzburg, near Nottingham Road off ramp, has been closed to traffic after five consecutive accidents occurred earlier in the evening.
ER24 paramedics initially responded to an accident where two trucks and two cars had collided, leaving a large amount of debris on the road. Even though both cars were severely damaged, [...]
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Fourteen veld fires were raging in the Free State on Thursday, the department of agriculture, forestry and fisheries said.
“Five of then are rather big in size,” said departmental spokesperson Malcolm Procter.
The larger fires were raging near Sasolburg, along the N1 between Kroonstad and Sasolburg, between Paul Roux and Bethlehem, north of Kestell and another [...]
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During the months of July and August this year ER24 received over 670 calls to the Emergency Contact Centre that were listed as prank calls. Over 340 calls were received from one specific caller and over 200 calls from another caller.
Pranksters phone the 084 124 emergency line and either swear at the Emergency Call Takers [...]
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Thirteen Howick High School pupils were injured when their bus overturned on Wednesday, KwaZulu-Natal paramedics said.
The bus rolled 30 metres down an embankment after the driver lost control of it, possibly due to poor visibility, near the Kranzkloof Road around 6pm, ER24 spokesman Derrick Banks said in a statement.
Six boys were treated for possible neck [...]
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Two of the biggest problems currently in South Africa are unemployment (that is still increasing due to the aftereffect of the recession) and road accidents. Five entrepreneurs from Bloemfontein put heads together and Afsim was born.
Afsim specialises in safe and affordable driver training. This is done with simulators. Afsim focuses on the gap between no [...]
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Tyre maker Bridgestone SA has reminded motorists that incorrect tyre pressures could be costing them money and increasing their vehicle emissions. Bridgestone Public Relations Manager, Mandy Lovell, said that tyres were designed to operate in a particular range of pressures for best performance and economy.
“Tyre and motor manufacturers conduct extensive research into tyre pressures to [...]
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A bus careered into a ravine in central Ecuador, killing at least 38 people in the Andean nation’s worst road accident of the year, police said Monday.
The public bus, linking Quito with Ecuador’s third city of Cuenca, crashed on Sunday south of the capital, plunging 100 meters (33 feet) down a hillside in the Yambo [...]
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A musician from the Afrikaans group DJ Ossewa was killed and three of his band mates injured in a car accident near Brits, North West police said on Sunday.
Police spokesperson Aafje Botma said that a case of culpable homicide was being investigated after the accident happened on the N4 near Brits on Sunday morning.
She said [...]
Two people have been injured after a side impact collision between two cars at the intersection of Smith and Aliwal Roads in Durban.
It seems that as a white Jeep crossed the intersection, it collided with a Dodge Caliber, causing the Jeep to overturn, coming to rest on its side.
Both of the drivers, believed to be [...]
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Two men are lucky to have only sustained minor injuries after their vehicle crashed through a residential wall and into a pool.
The home owners explained that the pool has only recently been drained, and that if there had been water in the pool the fate of the two men could have been a lot [...]
