{"id":97487,"date":"2015-08-22T08:02:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-22T06:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/97487\/top-four-stories-of-the-week-6\/"},"modified":"2015-08-21T14:20:35","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T12:20:35","slug":"top-four-stories-of-the-week-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/08\/22\/top-four-stories-of-the-week-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Top four stories of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The top four stories on www.germistoncitynews.co.za for the week August 15 to 21 were:<\/p>\n<p>1. Three injured in Elsburg accident: <a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/96923\/three-injured-in-elsburg-accident\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1NutywZ<\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/08\/33GCNGENERALACCILH1_56727.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-97489\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/08\/33GCNGENERALACCILH1_56727-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"33GCNGENERALACCILH1_56727\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/08\/33GCNGENERALACCILH1_56727-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/08\/33GCNGENERALACCILH1_56727-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/08\/33GCNGENERALACCILH1_56727.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>EMPD officers and members of the Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management Services (DEMS) were called to the scene of a head-on collision on Tuesday, August 11. A white Volkswagen Polo Playa and a truck with a trailer were involved in the incident, that occurred on Elsburg Road.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>2. Car torn apart on R21, leaving five dead: <a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/97415\/car-torn-apart-on-r21-leaving-five-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1gZXDtE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/08\/34GCNGENERALACCIMH1_77675.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-97491\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/08\/34GCNGENERALACCIMH1_77675-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"34GCNGENERALACCIMH1_77675\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/08\/34GCNGENERALACCIMH1_77675-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/08\/34GCNGENERALACCIMH1_77675-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/08\/34GCNGENERALACCIMH1_77675.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Five people were killed in a collision during the early hours of Thursday morning, on the R21 south near the Nelmapius off-ramp. Shortly before 2am paramedics arrived on the scene where they found an Audi Q7 lying on its roof and another vehicle ripped into several pieces.<\/p>\n<p>3. Man arrested for motorcycle theft: <a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/97134\/man-arrested-for-motorcycle-theft\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1JqchHm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/08\/Crimegeneric2_06161.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-97488\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/08\/Crimegeneric2_06161-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"Crimegeneric(2)_06161\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/08\/Crimegeneric2_06161-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/08\/Crimegeneric2_06161-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/08\/Crimegeneric2_06161.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A man recently opened a case against a 28-year-old he claims stole his motorbike from his Sunnyridge home\u2019s driveway.<\/p>\n<p>4. EMPD, SAPS nail hijackers, recover vehicle and firearm: <a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/97135\/empd-saps-nail-hijackers-recover-vehicle-and-firearm\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1TSLjNL<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/08\/34GCNCRIMEEMPDMH2_44645.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-97490\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/08\/34GCNCRIMEEMPDMH2_44645-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"34GCNCRIMEEMPDMH2_44645\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/08\/34GCNCRIMEEMPDMH2_44645-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/08\/34GCNCRIMEEMPDMH2_44645-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/08\/34GCNCRIMEEMPDMH2_44645.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Germiston Metro Police responded to a look-out given by the SAPS, last Friday, for a vehicle hijacked in Kroonstad. Following a six-minute, harrowing, high-speed chase on the R59 and R557, the culprits were cornered and arrested in Walkerville.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='f052d1708d0c10d62d856020ae4e5466'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you see this week&#8217;s top stories?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":97488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[8297,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730],"class_list":["post-97487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-community-2","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["community","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}