{"id":62125,"date":"2017-01-19T15:25:40","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T13:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=62125"},"modified":"2017-01-20T10:00:33","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T08:00:33","slug":"eskom-employees-killed-in-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/01\/19\/eskom-employees-killed-in-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Eskom employees killed in accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The truck collided with the side of a vehicle and crushed its two occupants &#8211; one of them a resident of Middelburg and the other from Malelane.<\/p>\n<p>Both occupants worked at Hendrina Power Station and it is believed they were on their way to work when the accident occurred.<\/p>\n<p>The truck driver has been identified as Zimbabwean national and it was yet unconfirmed if a case of culpable homicide is being investigated by the Middelburg SAPS.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery 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href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/01\/19\/eskom-employees-killed-in-accident\/attachment\/eskom2-ll-zn\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/01\/eskom2-LL-ZN-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/01\/eskom2-LL-ZN-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/01\/eskom2-LL-ZN.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/01\/19\/eskom-employees-killed-in-accident\/attachment\/eskom3-ll-zn\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/01\/eskom3-LL-ZN-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/01\/eskom3-LL-ZN-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/01\/eskom3-LL-ZN.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The deceased have been identified as Senzo Shongwe (27) of Malelane and Lerato Mathews Makhele of Extension 18, Middelburg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two people were killed instantly in an accident between a truck and a car at the corner of Walter Sisulu and Van Der Merwe Street late on Friday 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