{"id":89864,"date":"2019-02-13T14:52:50","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T12:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=89864"},"modified":"2019-02-14T12:38:36","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T10:38:36","slug":"trafficalert-head-collision-leaves-oil-spill-walter-sisulu-street-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/02\/13\/trafficalert-head-collision-leaves-oil-spill-walter-sisulu-street-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"#TrafficAlert – Head collision leaves oil spill – Walter Sisulu street closed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Numerous people have been injured in the collision and were attended to at the scene or rushed to hospital.<\/p>\n

The accident occurred within the vicinity of the Middelburg Provincial Hospital in the location of the rumble strips.<\/p>\n

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Motorists traveling to or from the R555 (Old Witbank Road) are advised to use Oranje- and Wanderers Streets as a detour.<\/p>\n

The cleaning of the oil spill is expected to take some time.<\/p>\n

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