{"id":88191,"date":"2019-01-03T10:23:59","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T08:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=88191"},"modified":"2019-01-04T11:49:39","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T09:49:39","slug":"video-two-perish-truck-jack-knifes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/01\/03\/video-two-perish-truck-jack-knifes\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Two perish after truck jack-knifes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The accident occurred before nine this morning on the N11 to Groblersdal.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_88193\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88193\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-88193\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/01\/poort-1-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/01\/poort-1-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/01\/poort-1-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Tobie van den Bergh.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Due to the closure of two lanes, motorists are advised to exercise caution on approaching the pass.<\/p>\n<p>A journalist at the scene sent video footage of the truck lying on its side.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Two perish in Kranspoort accident\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zbMx0T5vC9U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><p><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/88169\/huilende-kleuters-staan-gietende-reen-na-bakkie-rol\/\">Huilende kleuters staan in gietende re\u00ebn na bakkie rol<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><p><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/88163\/traffic-officers-appear-court-corruption\/\">Traffic Officers to appear in court for corruption<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\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>The Kranspoort Pass had to be narrowed down to two lanes after a jack-knifed truck left two people dead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":88192,"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":[12454,15557,14254,15556,10010,12898,15555,15560,15558,15559],"class_list":["post-88191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-accidents-in-middelburg","tag-accidents-in-the-kranspoort-pass","tag-kranspoort-pass","tag-kranspoort-pass-accidents","tag-local-news","tag-middelburg-news","tag-truated-news","tag-truck-accidents-in-kranspoort-pass","tag-two-die-in-kranspoort-accident","tag-what-happened-in-kranspoort"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["Accidents in Middelburg","accidents in the kranspoort pass","kranspoort pass","kranspoort pass accidents","local news","middelburg news","truated news","truck accidents in kranspoort pass","two die in kranspoort accident","what happened in kranspoort"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88191","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=88191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}