{"id":76733,"date":"2017-12-19T19:39:42","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T17:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=76733"},"modified":"2017-12-19T19:54:15","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T17:54:15","slug":"traffic-update-road-closed-three-dead-berg-en-dal-n4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/12\/19\/traffic-update-road-closed-three-dead-berg-en-dal-n4\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic update: Road closed, three dead at Berg-en-Dal on N4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to information, three adults, two women and a man, were killed in the collision.<\/p>\n<p>Initial information was\u00a0that the accident was caused when one of the vehicles involved attempted to make a u-turn on the high way.<\/p>\n<p>A person on the scene speculated\u00a0that one of the truck&#8217;s tyres burst causing it to swerve into the oncoming lane, in front of the Forturner.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-76736\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2017\/12\/2017-12-19-PHOTO-00000067-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/12\/2017-12-19-PHOTO-00000067-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/12\/2017-12-19-PHOTO-00000067-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Three more people sustained serious injuries and a further two were slightly injured. All the occupants injured were travelling in the Fortuner.<\/p>\n<p>Rain was said to be a contributing factor in the cause of the accident.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-76735\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2017\/12\/2017-12-19-PHOTO-00000068-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/12\/2017-12-19-PHOTO-00000068-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/12\/2017-12-19-PHOTO-00000068-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>TRAC\u00a0 has said on Twitter that the road is currently closed and alternative routes should be considered.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/TRACN4route?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TRACN4route<\/a>. Update at 19:07. Recovery underway btw Geluk+Bergendal Monument (N4\/5X km 34.6) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Belfast?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Belfast<\/a> Road remains closed. Consider alternative routes.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TRAC N4 Toll Route (@TRACN4route) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TRACN4route\/status\/943166087964872704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An accident involving a truck and a Toyota Fortuner claimed the lives of three people tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5031,"featured_media":76734,"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":[1025,7368,1453,9881,6424,9882,21966,901,8619,9842],"class_list":["post-76733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-accident","tag-alzu","tag-belfast","tag-berg-en-dal","tag-bergendal","tag-dangerous-road","tag-middelburg","tag-n4","tag-traffic-update","tag-wet-road"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["accident","Alzu","Belfast","berg en dal","Bergendal","dangerous road","middelburg","n4","traffic update","wet road"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76733","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\/5031"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}