{"id":108839,"date":"2020-01-29T15:47:12","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T13:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=108839"},"modified":"2020-01-29T15:47:12","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T13:47:12","slug":"car-crashes-railway-line-high-speed-chase-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2020\/01\/29\/car-crashes-railway-line-high-speed-chase-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Car crashes into railway line after high-speed chase with police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The chase around 13:30 today, ended in Weeber Street where the driver of the speeding VW crashed into the railway line.<br \/>\nAll occupants of the VW then fled on foot with police in hot pursuit.<\/p>\n<p>One of the occupants sustained an ankle wound during the ensuing shootout.<br \/>\nHe was treated by paramedics on the scene before being taken to hospital.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-108842\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2020\/01\/IMG_2166-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/01\/IMG_2166-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/01\/IMG_2166-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A crying woman arrived on the scene, claiming that the car hadn&#8217;t been hijacked, but in fact taken by her son.<br \/>\nShe refused to identify herself or the boy to\u00a0<b>www.mobserver.co.za<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The mother didn&#8217;t want to speculate why the boy fled from the SAPS, or how many occupants was present in the car when it crashed into the railway line.<br \/>\nBystanders say the wounded man was definitely in the car with a driver.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-108841\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2020\/01\/IMG_2179-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/01\/IMG_2179-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/01\/IMG_2179-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A wide area search was undertaken but the suspects all succeeded in evading arrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Read more in this week&#8217;s edition of the\u00a0<i>Middelburg Observer.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man was shot and wounded during a high-speed chase with police this afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":108840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Gerhard 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