{"id":87236,"date":"2018-11-19T11:13:33","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T09:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=87236"},"modified":"2018-11-19T15:55:26","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T13:55:26","slug":"trafficupdate-multiple-vehicle-collision-leads-traffic-standstill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2018\/11\/19\/trafficupdate-multiple-vehicle-collision-leads-traffic-standstill\/","title":{"rendered":"#TrafficUpdate – Multiple vehicle collision leads to traffic standstill"},"content":{"rendered":"

The accident occured after the driver of a silver GWM pick-up truck collided with the back of a truck driving in front of him.
\nThe driver then veered into oncoming traffic and nearly wiped out another bakkie dragging a boat behind him.<\/p>\n

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The silver GWM sustained a significant amount of damage in the collision.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The trailer and the boat sustained significant damage in the collision as well as the silver GWM.
\nFortunately, no serious injuries were sustained.<\/p>\n

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The pick-up dragging the boat was caught on the side after the GWM veered into oncoming traffic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Traffic Police and emergency personel responded to the scene and traffic is being regulated.<\/p>\n

Motorists can expect a delay and are encouraged to exercise patience and caution.<\/p>\n

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The boat trailer of the other vehicle involved. The boat was found on the other side of the road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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As can be seen in the photo, the boat was driven off of it’s trailer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Traffic has been reduced to one lane on the R575 (Van Dyksdrift road) after a collision between two pick-ups and a truck this morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":87237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Sjani Campher","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[12719,14892,14891,14890,10010,12898,14893,8619,10333],"class_list":["post-87236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-trafficupdate","tag-accident-leads-traffic-to-standstill-on-van-dyksdrift","tag-accident-on-r575","tag-accident-on-van-dyksdrift","tag-local-news","tag-middelburg-news","tag-traffic-on-van-dyksdrift-road-after-accident","tag-traffic-update","tag-trusted-news"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["#TrafficUpdate","accident leads traffic to standstill on van dyksdrift","accident on R575","accident on van dyksdrift","local news","middelburg news","traffic on van dyksdrift road after accident","traffic update","trusted news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87236","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\/8164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}