{"id":98802,"date":"2019-07-15T14:57:46","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T12:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=98802"},"modified":"2019-07-16T15:31:24","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T13:31:24","slug":"crash-victims-identified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/07\/15\/crash-victims-identified\/","title":{"rendered":"Crash victims to be identified"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to Moeti Mmusi of the Provincial Safety, Security and Liaison, five of the nine deceased are from Badplaas, Hendrina and Carolina.<br \/>\nThe other four are reportedly from Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, and the North West provinces.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mmusi also added that the DNA samples will be conducted on family members to determine whether their DNA matches the deceased&#8217;s on July 16.<\/p>\n<p>The Executive Mayor of the Steve Tshwete Local Municipality, Bajudi Tolo also sent his condolence to the families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is unfortunate that the road has to claim breadwinners. We urge motorists to be cautious when driving\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022On Friday a mini-bus collided with a truck on the N11 between Middelburg and Hendrina.<\/p>\n<p>Nine of the people in the taxi burnt to death while the drivers of the truck and taxi were rushed to the hospital for medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Also read:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/98039\/ferals-need-help\/\" target=\"_blank\">The ferals need help<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/97972\/trafficalert-r555-closed-seven-die-horrific-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\">#TrafficAlert: R555 closed, seven die in horrific crash<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/96638\/middelburg-police-officer-arrested-hawks-operation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Middelburg police officer arrested during Hawks operation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The families of the nine people that burnt to death will begin the identification process tomorrow. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":98748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Tiisetso Malunga","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[12088,19384,10010,12898,19386,19385,10333],"class_list":["post-98802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-accident-on-n11","tag-crash-victims-to-be-identified","tag-local-news","tag-middelburg-news","tag-nine-burn-to-death-after-collision-on-hendrina-road","tag-nine-victims-who-burn-to-death-will-be-identified","tag-trusted-news"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["accident on N11","crash victims to be identified","local news","middelburg news","nine burn to death after collision on hendrina road","nine victims who burn to death will be identified","trusted news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98802","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=98802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}