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August 6, 2013 •
Accidents, Rail, Train •
Jonckie •
Comments Off on Man struck by train dies in hospital
Woodstock train station, WC Paramedics were called out to the Woodstock Train Station this afternoon around 4pm where a man had been severely injured after being struck by a train. According to witness reports, the 25 year old man was standing on the platform...
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August 6, 2013 •
Accidents, Car, News •
Jonckie •
Comments Off on Early morning collision leaves 2 injured
Rescue Care paramedics had an early start to their day this morning when they were called to the intersection of Ordinance Road and Shepstone Road just after 05:30am. On arrival paramedics found that a single vehicle had collided with a robot before...
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August 6, 2013 •
Accidents, Bus, Road •
Jonckie •
Comments Off on Bus operator suspended after crash with school bus
Following a bus accident on Monday morning, the Gauteng education department has suspended the usage of the operator’s buses. “The department has suspended all buses belonging to the bus company whose bus was involved in the accident pending a...
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August 5, 2013 •
Accidents, Car •
Jonckie •
Comments Off on Fatal accident N1 Sable road in Cape Town
At around 9 am on Sunday morning, paramedics from Cape Town responded to the scene of a serious accident that had taken place on the N1 at Sable road. According to scene reports, a man had parked his vehicle at the side of the highway when he then got out and...
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August 5, 2013 •
Accidents, Car •
Jonckie •
Comments Off on North Durban Accidents Leave 6 People Injured On Saturday Night
Crisis Medical Paramedics responded to a collision on the N2 North before the M41 at around 21:30 on Saturday evening. First on arrival, paramedics found two vehicles that had collided with each other in a rear end manner. Four people from both vehicles...
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August 5, 2013 •
News, Road, Traffic •
Jonckie •
Comments Off on Speeding motorists tell of desperation to get to a toilet
They were desperate to use a toilet – that’s what most of the 31 drivers caught speeding around Brakpan, Alberton and Kempton Park told Ekurhuleni metro police officers who stopped them. While nature’s call was one of the favourite excuses by motorists...
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August 1, 2013 •
Accidents, Car •
Jonckie •
Comments Off on Queen Nandi accident leaves 15 injured
Fifteen people were injured, four critically so, after a bakkie and a taxi collided on the Queen Nandi Drive Bridge this morning at around 07h30. Exact detail to the cause of the accident and preceding events will remain a subject for police investigation and...
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July 31, 2013 •
News, Rail, Transport •
Jonckie •
Comments Off on Cape Town rail link explored
Cape Town – The country’s commuter railway operator and the City of Cape Town are in talks to open a rail link between the airport and the city, the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) told MPs on Tuesday. Creating links to cities from both the...
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July 31, 2013 •
Accidents, Train •
Jonckie •
Comments Off on Spain crash: Driver on phone
Madrid – A Spanish court says “black box” data recorders show that a train driver was on the phone and travelling at 153km/h, almost twice the speed limit, when the train derailed, killing 79 people. Investigators say the train had been...
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July 31, 2013 •
Accidents, Car •
Jonckie •
Comments Off on Bafana Bafana and Mamelodi Sundowns striker, Katlego Mphela in Tuesday car crash
Pretoria – Bafana Bafana and Mamelodi Sundowns striker, Katlego Mphela has been involved in a car accident Tuesday afternoon, escaping with minor injuries. Soccer Laduma’s website reports that the accident took place outside Marabastad. Exact...
