{"id":10733,"date":"2014-05-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/echonews.sites.caxton.co.za\/10733\/accidents-by-stray-animals\/"},"modified":"2014-05-19T14:05:53","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T12:05:53","slug":"accidents-by-stray-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2014\/05\/15\/accidents-by-stray-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Accidents by stray animals"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday, a local pastor who asked to remain anonymous, smashed into a Bushbuck before his vehicle, a VW Polo, burst into flames. He and his son escaped the inferno without injury.<\/p>\n

“I was driving back home just after 19:00 when I heard a sudden bang. We got out to investigate, and saw a Bushbuck lying next to the road. Smoke seeped from the car’s bonnet. In minutes, my car was engulfed in flames. It burnt to ashes before our eyes,” the pastor recalls.<\/p>\n

Early Wednesday, Mr Giel Erasmus, in his yellow Benicon Mining Equipment bakkie, knocked down a donkey.<\/p>\n

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The Bushbuck that caused an accident on Saturday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“It was dark when the animal crossed the road to Doornkop. It hit the right hand-side of the bakkie and fell dead,” said Mr Erasmus.<\/p>\n

Contractors working under the Road Agency SA attended the scene and buried the donkey just metres away.<\/p>\n

“We are called to this road on a daily basis to pick up carcasses. In the past we used to take them to the dumping site. Three months ago we were chased away by a municipal official and told not to bring dead animals to the site again. Since there is no other dumping site along this area that we know of, we dig a hole next to the side of the road and bury them,” said Paul Mokoma.<\/p>\n

See VIDEO here:<\/p>\n

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