{"id":187500,"date":"2018-09-25T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/187500\/breaking-news-three-car-pile-up-on-pretoria-road-is-causing-heavy-delays-3\/"},"modified":"2018-09-25T15:26:55","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T13:26:55","slug":"breaking-news-three-car-pile-up-on-pretoria-road-is-causing-heavy-delays-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/09\/25\/breaking-news-three-car-pile-up-on-pretoria-road-is-causing-heavy-delays-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Three-car pile-up on Pretoria Road causes heavy delays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A bakkie carrying school children was among two cars allegedly hit by a recycling truck this morning (September r25) on the corner of Pretoria Road and Walnut Avenue in Primrose.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_187502\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187502\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-187502\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/09\/IMG_0302_22567-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/09\/IMG_0302_22567-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/09\/IMG_0302_22567-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/09\/IMG_0302_22567-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/09\/IMG_0302_22567.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-187502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An accident on the corner of Pretoria Road and Walnut Avenue is causing delays.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is alleged the truck, travelling at a high speed on Pretoria Road towards Barbara Road, was unable to stop and hit two vehicles turning into Walnut Avenue.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_187503\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187503\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-187503\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/09\/IMG_0299_37902-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/09\/IMG_0299_37902-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/09\/IMG_0299_37902-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/09\/IMG_0299_37902-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/09\/IMG_0299_37902.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-187503\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Early morning traffic on Pretoria Road caused by a three-car pile-up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>No injuries have been reported.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_187504\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187504\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-187504\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/09\/IMG_0309_78130-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/09\/IMG_0309_78130-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/09\/IMG_0309_78130-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/09\/IMG_0309_78130-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/09\/IMG_0309_78130.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-187504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traffic delays on Pretoria Road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More information will be reported as it is made available.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">ALSO READ:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/187066\/cause-of-accident-still-unclear-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cause of accident still unclear<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p 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