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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...
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July 30, 2013 •
News •
Jonckie •
Comments Off on Driver arrested after driving 201km/h with wife and child in car
A 68-year-old man was arrested for driving at 201km/h on the N1 highway near the Rivonia offramp, Johannesburg metro police said on Sunday. “He was caught clocking 201km/h in his Mercedes Benz last night [Saturday]. He was with his wife and a...
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July 30, 2013 •
Accidents, Pedestrain •
Jonckie •
Comments Off on Two pedestrians knocked down on Dinkleman road
Dinkleman road, New Germany, KZN Two young men between the ages of 25 and 35 have sustained sever injuries after they were knocked down by a light motor vehicle on Dinkleman road in New Germany last night. The two men were believed to have been possibly...
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July 30, 2013 •
Accidents, Car, Truck •
Jonckie •
Comments Off on Truck and bus collide on Chamberlin road
Just before 4pm today Rescue Care paramedics were called to Chamberlin Road just after Quality Street for a collision between a bus and a truck. On arrival paramedics found that a bus had rear ended a truck pushing the truck onto the side walk. A quick...
