{"id":156551,"date":"2017-07-13T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/156551\/truck-driver-slightly-injured-when-truck-overturns\/"},"modified":"2017-07-13T12:51:50","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T10:51:50","slug":"truck-driver-slightly-injured-when-truck-overturns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/07\/13\/truck-driver-slightly-injured-when-truck-overturns\/","title":{"rendered":"Truck driver slightly injured when truck overturns on M2 in Germiston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The driver of a white Freightliner articulated motor vehicle (truck) transporting frozen food, lost control and overturned at 3am on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened on the M2 West highway, near the Geldenhuys interchange.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The male driver, in his 40s, was taken to the Bertha Gxowa Hospital for medical treatment, due to the slight injuries sustained in the accident.<\/p>\n<p>The flow of traffic was heavily affected until the salvage of the vehicle was completed at 9:50am.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The EMPD Accident Reconstruction Unit is investigating the cause of the accident.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/149526\/breaking-news-sixteen-injured-n3-accident\/\">Breaking News: Sixteen injured in N3 accident<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/141216\/what-to-do-at-an-accident-scene\/\">What to do at an accident scene<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Have a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a 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