{"id":85821,"date":"2018-10-10T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/85821\/two-pedestrians-killed-on-n4\/"},"modified":"2018-10-10T14:23:54","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T12:23:54","slug":"two-pedestrians-killed-on-n4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2018\/10\/10\/two-pedestrians-killed-on-n4\/","title":{"rendered":"Two pedestrians killed on N4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Capt. Khanyisile Zwane said that two fatal pedestrian accidents were reported at around 20:30 on Sunday. One occurred near the Alzu Petroport and the other at the Bethal off-ramp.<\/p>\n<p>In the first incident, a pedestrian was run over by a white BMW near the Petroport. The person was declared dead on the scene.<\/p>\n<p>During the second incident, a woman drove to the police station to report an accident after she felt her vehicle hitting something on the N4. She did not want to stop at the scene alone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/83542\/four-young-lives-lost-horror-crash-middelburg\/\" target=\"_blank\">Four young lives lost after horror crash in Middelburg<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Police escorted the woman to the scene where they discovered the body of a man lying next to the road. Signs indicate that the man was killed prior to the accident the woman reported. He had a head wound of which the blood had already dried and a swollen waist. A yellow car mirror and a Samsung phone was discovered next to the body.<\/p>\n<p>Capt. Zwane said that neither of the two deceased have been identified yet and that police could not find any identification on them.<\/p>\n<p>The Middelburg Police are investigating two cases of culpable homicide.<\/p>\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\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/84811\/machadodorp-two-granted-bail\/\" target=\"_blank\">VIDEO: Machadodorp two granted bail<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Want breaking news on the go?<\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 Save our standby number (072 248 3855) and send us a WhatsApp message with the words \u201cAdd me\u201d to be added to our broadcast list.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Like us on\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MiddelburgObserver\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, follow us on\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MOBSERV\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mobserver\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to our\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCs1fP1J8BpepNwIfk2qeVkQ\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/newsletter-signup\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click on the link<\/a>\u00a0to subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter via email.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Have a news tip?<\/h3>\n<p>Contact our news room on our 24 hr standby number\u00a0072 248 3855, or send a mail to our editor\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"mailto:tobie@mobserver.co.za\" target=\"_blank\">tobie@mobserver.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two pedestrians were killed in two different accidents on the N4, at the same time on Sunday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":59364,"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":[14062,1592,10010,12898,4755,901,14061,14059,14063,7496,10333,14060],"class_list":["post-85821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-accidents-on-the-n4","tag-alzu-petroport","tag-local-news","tag-middelburg-news","tag-middelburg-saps","tag-n4","tag-n4-hit-and-run","tag-pedestrians-killed","tag-pedestrians-killed-on-the-n4","tag-road-fatalities","tag-trusted-news","tag-two-pedestrians-killed"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["accidents on the N4","Alzu Petroport","local news","middelburg news","Middelburg SAPS","n4","N4 hit and run","pedestrians killed","pedestrians killed on the N4","road fatalities","trusted news","two pedestrians killed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85821","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\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}