{"id":69093,"date":"2017-07-04T09:53:01","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T07:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=69093"},"modified":"2017-07-05T10:07:32","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T08:07:32","slug":"breaking-news-14-killed-scores-injured-truck-two-sprinters-collide-badplaas-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/07\/04\/breaking-news-14-killed-scores-injured-truck-two-sprinters-collide-badplaas-road\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: 14 killed, scores injured after truck and two Sprinters collide on the Badplaas Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The road has been closed and motorists are urged to use alternative routes.<\/p>\n<p>Paramedics are still struggling to save numerous lives on the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The injured and deceased are all from the same company, Franki Africa, contracted by Komati Mine.<\/p>\n<p>Thirteen people was declared dead on the scene, with another fatality reported by Belfast Hospital on arrival of the patient.<\/p>\n<p>A helicopter is assisting with the transportation of the injured to hospitals in the area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/69088\/nuusflits-14-dood-tientalle-beseer-gru-botsing-tussen-trok-en-twee-sprinters-op-badplaaspad\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nuusflits: 14 dood, tientalle beseer in gru botsing tussen trok en twee Sprinters op Badplaaspad<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cause of the accident is yet to be determined.<\/p>\n<p>The bodies of those killed have not been removed from the scene, awaiting the arrival of the SAPS&#8217;s forensic unit.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Follow www.mobserver.co.za for any updates on the tragedy.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fourteen people have already died following an horrific crash between a truck and two Sprinter buses around 08:00 on the Badplaas Road near Machadodorp this morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2844,"featured_media":69089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Gerhard Rheeder","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69093","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\/69093","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=69093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}