{"id":187066,"date":"2018-09-19T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/187066\/cause-of-accident-still-unclear-2\/"},"modified":"2018-09-19T14:26:55","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T12:26:55","slug":"cause-of-accident-still-unclear-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/09\/19\/cause-of-accident-still-unclear-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cause of accident still unclear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Commuters travelling up and down Main Road, in Fishers\u2019 Hill, were met with a strange sight last Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>A blue Volkswagen Golf was seen on its roof, with a crowd of curious onlookers around it.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<h4>ALSO READ: <a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/178605\/truck-accident-leaves-driver-injured\/\" target=\"_blank\">Truck accident on N3 highway in Germiston leaves one injured<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Kobeli Mokheseng, media liaison officer for the EMPD, said, \u201cWe can confirm the driver of a Volkswagen Golf lost control and overturned it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur call taking centre received the call at 11.45am and our precinct officers were on site by 11.59am.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>He further confirmed the male driver, who was the only person in the vehicle at the time of the accident, didn\u2019t sustain any visible injuries and promised to consult his own doctor following the accident.<\/p>\n<h4>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/180706\/accident-on-n3-highway-in-germiston-leaves-one-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\">Accident on N3 highway in Germiston leaves one dead<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cIt is not clear at this stage what the actual cause of the accident was,\u201d Mokheseng said.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if the EMPD received many reports of accidents in Main Road he commented that, \u201cWe hardly receive reports of accidents on this stretch of road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e 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 class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"mailto:leighh@caxton.co.za\">leighh@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or Kgotsofalang Mashilo (journalist)\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"mailto:kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Remember to 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