{"id":99679,"date":"2019-08-02T10:03:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T08:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=99679"},"modified":"2019-08-02T15:29:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T13:29:38","slug":"head-collision-claims-one-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/08\/02\/head-collision-claims-one-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Head-on collision claims one life"},"content":{"rendered":"

The accident took place between Belfast and Machadodorp near the Berg en Dal monument when a Mini Cooper and a truck collided head-on.
\nThe driver of the Mini was killed in the collision.<\/p>\n

This marks the 28th death on Mpumalanga roads within the last month.<\/p>\n

\u2022On 12 July, nine people burned to death in a taxi on the N11 (Hendrina road). This accident was followed by three more fatalities the next day on the R555 (Stoffberg road.)<\/p>\n

\u2022Two Zimbabwean nationals were killed in a collision on the R555 (old Witbank road) on 15 July.<\/p>\n

\u2022A mother and her baby boy were killed after the vehicle they were travelling in overturned on the N4. The accident took place between the Arnot and Woestalleen offramps on 17 July.<\/p>\n

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\u2022A woman was killed in a single vehicle accident when she landed between two bridges on the N4. The accident occurred on 22 July between the Bethal and Hendrina offramps.<\/p>\n

\u2022On 23 July, one man was killed and his passenger critically injured on the Stoffberg road. The driver swerved out for an oncoming truck and overturned his Mahindra.<\/p>\n

\u2022Five people were killed upon impact on the N11 (Hendrina road) after a truck struck their vehicle in heavy mist. The accident took place on 25 July.<\/p>\n

\u2022On 26 July, four people were killed in two seperate accidents on the N4. Three people were killed in a multi-vehicle accident near the Middelburg Toll Plaza, followed by one more fatality involving a singe vehicle accident near Woestalleen.<\/p>\n

The driver of the Mini Cooper has not yet been identified.<\/p>\n

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A head-on collision on the N4 has claimed the life of one person early this morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":99681,"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":[19709,1424,12454,19712,19708,12898,19710,19711,7496,10333],"class_list":["post-99679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-accident-near-berg-en-dal","tag-accidents","tag-accidents-in-middelburg","tag-headon-collision","tag-lkocal-news","tag-middelburg-news","tag-one-killed-in-accident-near-berg-en-dal-monument","tag-one-killed-in-n4-accident","tag-road-fatalities","tag-trusted-news"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["accident near berg en dal","accidents","Accidents in Middelburg","headon collision","lkocal news","middelburg news","one killed in accident near berg en dal monument","one killed in n4 accident","road fatalities","trusted news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99679","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=99679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}