{"id":67112,"date":"2014-08-26T09:01:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T07:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/67112\/truck-breaks-down-on-barbara-road\/"},"modified":"2014-08-26T10:03:50","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T08:03:50","slug":"truck-breaks-down-on-barbara-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/08\/26\/truck-breaks-down-on-barbara-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Truck breaks down on Barbara Road"},"content":{"rendered":"

The GCN received a call from an anxious resident last Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The caller, who would like to remain anonymous, told us that a truck was parked in the middle of Barbara Road and in front of his house.<\/p>

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“This truck has been here since 8am and now it is 4.30pm and it is still here,” he said.<\/p>\n

“What worries me is that this truck has been here the whole day, but I haven’t seen the SAPS, EMPD or the fire brigade coming out to attend to it.<\/p>

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“Barbara Road is a busy road and I kept hearing cars screeching by the truck all day.”<\/p>\n

On arrival, the GCN found that the truck was near a sharp curve and, although the driver had put out a warning triangle, he was also using his reflector bib to alert motorists and control traffic.<\/p>\n

“This is a sharp curve and although I put the triangle at a safe distance from the truck I am also worried that other motorists might not see it,” said the driver, Takemore Chigatse.<\/p>\n

He confirmed that the truck had been there since morning.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know what happened, it just broke down right here, I really don’t know what the problem is,” he explained.<\/p>\n

The truck was, however, towed when Chigatse’s employers arrived with a TLB earth-mover later that afternoon.<\/p>\n