{"id":99403,"date":"2019-07-26T11:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T09:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=99403"},"modified":"2019-07-29T11:28:53","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T09:28:53","slug":"n4-claims-four-lives-early-morning-accidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/07\/26\/n4-claims-four-lives-early-morning-accidents\/","title":{"rendered":"N4 claims four lives in early morning accidents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022A multi-vehicle collision occured early this morning between the Middelburg Toll Plaza and the weighbridge. TRAC Media spokesperson, Ms Solange Nicholson confirmed that three people were killed and one critically injured in the collision.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_99412\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99412\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-99412\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/07\/toll-ong-1-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/07\/toll-ong-1-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/07\/toll-ong-1-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99412\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The multi-vehicle accident near the Middelburg toll plaza.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An investigation to determine the cause of the accident is currently underway.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-99414\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/07\/toll-ong-3-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/07\/toll-ong-3-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/07\/toll-ong-3-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-99413\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/07\/toll-ong-2-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/07\/toll-ong-2-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/07\/toll-ong-2-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022In a seperate incident, yet another accident occurred this morning on the N4 between the Hendrina and Woestalleen offramps. It has been confirmed that the accident involved a single vehicle wherein one person was killed. A Corsa Lite lost control and collided with the barricades on the side of the highway.<\/p>\n<p>The victims have yet to be identified.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Also read:<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/99090\/one-dead-early-morning-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\">One dead in early morning crash<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/99014\/fake-notes-belfast-leads-two-arrests\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fake notes in Belfast leads to two arrests<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/98974\/theft-motor-vehicles-rise\/\" target=\"_blank\">Theft of motor vehicles on the rise<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/98900\/accident-claims-life-infant\/\" target=\"_blank\">Accident claims the life of an infant<\/a><\/strong><\/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 seperate accidents on the N4 has claimed the lives of four commuters in the early hours of this morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":99405,"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":[1424,12454,17202,9010,19641,10010,12898,7496,10333],"class_list":["post-99403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-accidents","tag-accidents-in-middelburg","tag-accidents-on-n4","tag-fatalities-on-n4","tag-four-die-in-n4-accidents","tag-local-news","tag-middelburg-news","tag-road-fatalities","tag-trusted-news"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["accidents","Accidents in Middelburg","accidents on N4","fatalities on n4","four die in N4 accidents","local news","middelburg news","road fatalities","trusted news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99403","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=99403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}