{"id":85494,"date":"2018-10-01T15:10:20","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T13:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=85494"},"modified":"2018-10-02T11:34:46","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T09:34:46","slug":"video-children-plunge-embankment-back-bakkie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2018\/10\/01\/video-children-plunge-embankment-back-bakkie\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Children plunge into embankment on the back of a bakkie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The bakkie was carrying a number of children both on the back and inside the cabin with the driver.<\/p>\n<p>No one was seriously injured but the children were all very shaken up and in tears from the shock.<br \/>\nThe driver also escaped without serious injury.<\/p>\n<p>Traffic started to pile up in the busy slipway leading to Mhluzi shortly after the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Three ambulances arrived on the scene seconds after the bakkie plunged into the embankment.<\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/XbbVdiWLBJg' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Other News:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/84862\/r10-000-reward-information\/\" target=\"_blank\">R10 000 reward for information<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/84818\/kill-truck-driver-hears-hijackers-argue-fate\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018We should kill him\u2019 \u2013 Truck driver hears how hijackers argue about his fate<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/84823\/trafficupdate-avoid-n4-near-machadodorp\/\" target=\"_blank\">#TrafficUpdate: Avoid N4 near Machadodorp<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" 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