{"id":106788,"date":"2019-12-16T11:25:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T09:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=106788"},"modified":"2019-12-16T11:25:05","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T09:25:05","slug":"two-die-baby-critical-bus-overturns-kranspoort-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/12\/16\/two-die-baby-critical-bus-overturns-kranspoort-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"Two die and baby critical after bus overturns in Kranspoort Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paramedics found themselves at a very emotional scene, whilst tending to screaming patients and crying children, all of whom sustained serious injuries.<br \/>\nThe bus which had embarked from Durban to Zimbabwe, carried an estimate of 38 passengers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-106794\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/med-4-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/med-4-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/med-4-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-106792\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/med-6-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/med-6-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/med-6-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two people were declared dead at the scene, while several others, including a baby, were rushed to hospital in a critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>The pass had to be temporarily closed, as a clean up of the scene ensues. Journalists at the scene have reported that a stop and go had been erected, allowing vehicles to share the lane headed in Groblersdal&#8217;s direction.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-106790\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/med-5-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/med-5-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/med-5-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-106789\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/med-1-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/med-1-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/med-1-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Motorists have been cautioned to make use of alternative routes, or approach the area with caution.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-106791\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/med-3-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/med-3-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/med-3-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The festive season took a turn for the worse when a bus full of passengers on their way home to Zimbabwe, lost control and overturned in the Kranspoort Pass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":106793,"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":[14255,22422,10010,12898,15045,2023,10333,22421,22423],"class_list":["post-106788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-accident-in-kranspoort-pass","tag-bus-accident-in-kranspoort-pass","tag-local-news","tag-middelburg-news","tag-n11-traffic-update","tag-traffic","tag-trusted-news","tag-two-dead-and-baby-critical-after-bus-overturns-in-kranspoort-pass","tag-two-dead-in-bus-accident"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["accident in kranspoort pass","bus accident in kranspoort pass","local news","middelburg news","N11 traffic update","traffic","trusted news","two dead and baby critical after bus overturns in kranspoort pass","two dead in bus accident"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106788","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=106788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}