{"id":101084,"date":"2019-08-30T09:36:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T07:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=101084"},"modified":"2019-08-30T12:28:44","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T10:28:44","slug":"watch-private-vehicle-crashes-military-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/08\/30\/watch-private-vehicle-crashes-military-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Private vehicle crashes into military parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The intersection between Lilian Ngoyi- and Dr Beyers Naude Drive had to be closed after the woman crashed into one of the military vehicles during a practice run of today&#8217;s Freedom of the City Parade.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitness statements alleged that the convoy skipped a red traffic light at high speed, resulting in the collision.<\/p>\n<p>Video material of the accident shows how a Military Police Officer on his motorcycle, delegated traffic at the intersection, as the convoy continued to pass through.<br \/>\nConfusion resulted in the woman crossing the intersection at a critical time, and one of the vehicles in the convoy, collided with her car.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/100999\/mother-children-injured-following-high-speed-collision-military-vehicle\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mother and children injured following high-speed collision with military vehicle<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The mother and her two children were treated for minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The Parade will be continuing throughout the streets today, and motorists are urged to exercise patience and drive carefully.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To see which streets will be affected by the Parade, click on the following link:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/101071\/4sai-battalion-parade-will-affect-following-streets\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/101071\/4sai-battalion-parade-will-affect-following-streets\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/DuiFXYoLrM4' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traffic flow in the Middelburg CBD area ground to a halt, following an accident yesterday afternoon, wherein a mother and her two children were injured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":101004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Sjani Campher","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[20405,12454,20398,10010,12898,10333,20404],"class_list":["post-101084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-4sai-military-parade","tag-accidents-in-middelburg","tag-freedom-of-the-city-parade","tag-local-news","tag-middelburg-news","tag-trusted-news","tag-woman-and-children-crash-into-military-parade"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["4SAI military parade","Accidents in Middelburg","Freedom of the City Parade","local news","middelburg news","trusted news","woman and children crash into military parade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}