{"id":61851,"date":"2017-01-12T13:17:14","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T11:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=61851"},"modified":"2017-01-12T13:40:54","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T11:40:54","slug":"update-accident-claims-seventh-victim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/01\/12\/update-accident-claims-seventh-victim\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Accident claims seventh victim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eyewitnesses say that a taxi, pulling a trailer, lost control and crashed in the oncoming lane on the N4 near the Alzu Petroport at around 14:20.<\/p>\n<p>The occupants of the taxi were all flung out of the vehicle in the process and those that weren\u2019t killed on impact, sustained serious injuries. Five patients had scull fractures and the rest bone fractures.<\/p>\n<p>The victims are believed to be from Mozambique. None of them have been formally identified yet.<\/p>\n<p>Read other news here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/61830\/six-die-in-horrific-accident\/\" target=\"_blank\">Six die in horrific accident<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/61725\/video-waarskuwing-nie-vir-sensitiewe-luiteraars-soos-diere-agtervolg-hulle-man\/\" target=\"_blank\">VIDEO (Waarskuwing \u2013 Nie vir sensitiewe luisteraars) \u2013 Soos diere agtervolg hulle man<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/61711\/n4-vosman-protest-site-cleared-open-for-traffic\/\" target=\"_blank\"> N4 Vosman protest site cleared, open for traffic<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/61704\/n4-closed-at-vosman-due-to-protest-on-highway\/\" target=\"_blank\">N4 closed at Vosman due to protest on highway<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/61707\/opvolg-is-lodge-aan-die-brand-gesteek\/\" target=\"_blank\">Opvolg: Is lodge aan die brand gesteek?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/61699\/damstand-stabiliseer-te-danke-aan-naweekreen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Damstand stabiliseer te danke aan naweekre\u00ebn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One person has passed away in hospital after a horrific accident on the N4 on Wednesday 11 January. This rises the total death toll to seven. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2844,"featured_media":61852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Jana Boshoff","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61851","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\/2844"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}