{"id":103513,"date":"2019-10-15T17:44:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T15:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=103513"},"modified":"2019-10-16T16:19:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T14:19:29","slug":"gholfsig-without-electricity-driver-crashes-substation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/10\/15\/gholfsig-without-electricity-driver-crashes-substation\/","title":{"rendered":"Gholfsig without electricity after driver crashes into substation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The accident occurred on the corner of Leipoldt and Totius Street, when the driver of a bakkie lost control and drove into a mini substation.<\/p>\n<p>The substation has sustained severe damage and is responsible for the power outage in the suburb.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103515\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/10\/gholfsig-stamp-1-LL-ZN-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/10\/gholfsig-stamp-1-LL-ZN-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/10\/gholfsig-stamp-1-LL-ZN-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Residents can expect to be without electricity for eight hours as restoration work commences.<\/p>\n<p>The driver was fortunate enough to escape serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-103516\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/10\/gholfsig-stamp-3-LL-ZN-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/10\/gholfsig-stamp-3-LL-ZN-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/10\/gholfsig-stamp-3-LL-ZN-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An accident in Gholfsig this afternoon has seen to it that residents can expect to be without electricity for at least eight hours until restoration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":103514,"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":[21366,21368,21367,21369,21370,10010,12898,10333],"class_list":["post-103513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-accident-in-gholfsig","tag-accident-in-gholfsig-leaves-suburb-without-electricity","tag-accident-on-totius-and-leipoldt-street","tag-gholfsig-without-electricity-after-accident","tag-gholfsig-without-electricity-after-man-crashes-into-substation","tag-local-news","tag-middelburg-news","tag-trusted-news"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["accident in gholfsig","accident in gholfsig leaves suburb without electricity","accident on totius and leipoldt street","gholfsig without electricity after accident","gholfsig without electricity after man crashes into substation","local news","middelburg news","trusted news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103513","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=103513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}