A woman was killed and three people injured when a car struck a pedestrian while on its way to a wedding in Durban on Friday, KwaZulu-Natal paramedics said.
The driver apparently swerved to avoid someone running in the road, mounted the curb, hit a pedestrian and came to a halt against a tree on Woodview Drive, [...]

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Three people were seriously injured when two cars collided head-on on the M13 Pinetown bound carriageway near Blair Atholl Road last night.
It is thought that the driver and passenger of a white Toyota Camry joined the M13 contra-flow at the Rockdale Road Bridge and been rounding a blind corner in the fast lane when they [...]

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Nine people were injured, one woman seriously, when a bus and a minibus taxi collided in the intersection of Umgeni and Walter Gilbert Roads in central Durban this morning.
It is alleged that the fully laden minibus taxi had been travelling towards the city centre with the bus driving behind it. The minibus taxi pulled to [...]

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Two people were critically injured when a bakkie and a heavy goods truck collided in the intersection of North Coast and Rinaldo Roads this afternoon.
It is thought that the bakkie had been turning right into Rinaldo Road when the truck, bound for KwaMashu, slammed into the double cab. Both vehicles veered from the road and [...]

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 Two people were critically injured when their truck hurtled out of control, “T” boned a car and then smashed through a brick wall. The crumpled remains of the truck finally came to rest against a house at the intersection of Ouklip and Ruhamal roads in the Albertein area of Roodepoort this morning at around 09h00. [...]

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A three-year-old boy, of Kelso, south of Durban, is in a critical but stable condition in the Netcare St Augustine’s after a snake bite at the weekend.
It is alleged that the boy had been riding his bicycle when had fallen onto a snake, thought to be either a Cobra or Puff Adder. The child was [...]

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A cyclist is fighting for his life in the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital after he was struck by a car on Ballito Drive late yesterday afternoon.
Evidence at the scene would suggest that an unknown vehicle had veered contra-flow into the oncoming lane and slammed into the man who had been riding towards Ballito itself.
The [...]

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A side impact accident on the N1 south just outside Polokwane claimed the life of a teenage girl this afternoon at around half past six. According to an eye witness report the errant party was trying to make a U turn on the freeway when the other vehicle ploughed into its side and then overturned. [...]

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A motorcyclist sustained polytraumatic injuries this morning at around 06h00 along Main road in the Kyalami area. It is believed that two riders was out for a pleasure cruise when disaster struck. The one rider lost control of his bike, slid several meters before smashing through an electrical fence. The injured man came to rest in a [...]

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Six people were injured, three critically, when their vehicle left Bellair Road near the Cato Manor Police station and collided with wooden fencing at the roadside.
A six metre long length of a wooden pole, similar to those used for telephone poles, was wedged in the car from front to back. Moreover a man walking on [...]

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