{"id":79839,"date":"2015-02-02T08:50:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T06:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/79839\/vehicle-transporting-children-collides-with-truck\/"},"modified":"2015-02-02T11:40:49","modified_gmt":"2015-02-02T09:40:49","slug":"vehicle-transporting-children-collides-with-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/02\/02\/vehicle-transporting-children-collides-with-truck\/","title":{"rendered":"Eleven children injured after vehicle collides with truck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twelve people have been injured in a collision on Heidelberg Road, this morning.<\/p>\n<p>A Toyota Condor, transporting 11 children, collided with an articulated truck on Heidelberg Road, travelling in the direction of Leondale.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_79857\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79857\" style=\"width: 423px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/02\/IMG_2281-Custom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79857\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/02\/IMG_2281-Custom-423x281.jpg\" alt=\"Eleven children have been injured in an accident.\" width=\"423\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/02\/IMG_2281-Custom-423x281.jpg 423w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/02\/IMG_2281-Custom-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/02\/IMG_2281-Custom-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/02\/IMG_2281-Custom-650x432.jpg 650w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/02\/IMG_2281-Custom.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-79857\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eleven children have been injured in an accident.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>William Ntladi, the media liaison officer for the Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management Services said, \u201cAll the children have been transported to hospital with various injuries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFive children have critical injuries, five are in a serious but stable condition and one suffered minor injuries.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe driver of the Toyota also suffered minor injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Heidelberg Road, in the direction of Leondale, has been closed to traffic until emergency services have cleared the scene.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_79858\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79858\" style=\"width: 423px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/02\/IMG_2291-Custom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79858\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/02\/IMG_2291-Custom-423x281.jpg\" alt=\"Eleven children have been injured in an accident.\" width=\"423\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/02\/IMG_2291-Custom-423x281.jpg 423w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/02\/IMG_2291-Custom-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/02\/IMG_2291-Custom-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/02\/IMG_2291-Custom-650x432.jpg 650w, 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