{"id":105386,"date":"2019-11-20T07:58:24","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T05:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=105386"},"modified":"2019-11-21T08:31:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T06:31:09","slug":"trafficalert-truck-accident-kranspoort-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/11\/20\/trafficalert-truck-accident-kranspoort-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"#TrafficAlert &#8211; Truck accident in Kranspoort Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The two trucks collided with each other resulting in one of them losing its load.<\/p>\n<p>The lane going down the pass in Groblersdal&#8217;s direction has been scattered with large bags containing grain which has caused obstruction for passing motorists.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-105387\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/11\/Mielie-trok-3-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/11\/Mielie-trok-3-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/11\/Mielie-trok-3-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The pass is open, but only one lane is being used to ease the flow of traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists are warned to approach the pass with caution.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Traffic was also obstructed in the early hours of yesterday morning, after two trucks lost control descending the pass. One truck made use of the arrestor beds, while the other one jack-knifed and lost its load of steel, which had to be cleared by towing services.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-105388\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/11\/Mielie-trok-1-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/11\/Mielie-trok-1-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/11\/Mielie-trok-1-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traffic on the N11 leading through the Kranspoort Pass has been restricted to making use of one lane after another truck accident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":105389,"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":[1025,14255,22044,10010,12898,15567,2023,10333],"class_list":["post-105386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-accident","tag-accident-in-kranspoort-pass","tag-kranspoort-pass-obstructed-after-truck-accident","tag-local-news","tag-middelburg-news","tag-middelburg-traffic","tag-traffic","tag-trusted-news"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["accident","accident in kranspoort pass","kranspoort pass obstructed after truck accident","local news","middelburg news","middelburg traffic","traffic","trusted news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105386","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=105386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}