{"id":99762,"date":"2019-08-04T18:31:47","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T16:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=99762"},"modified":"2019-08-05T11:40:07","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T09:40:07","slug":"trafficalert-lane-closed-two-critical-n4-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/08\/04\/trafficalert-lane-closed-two-critical-n4-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"#TrafficAlert: Lane closed, two critical after N4 accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The accident involving one vehicle occurred after a taxi, dragging a venter trailer, overturned due to a blow-out.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-99764\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/08\/rol-2-LL-ZN-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/08\/rol-2-LL-ZN-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/08\/rol-2-LL-ZN-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Several occupants were injured, two of which are in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>One of the lanes have been closed and vehicle recovery has commenced. Motorists are urged to approach the area with caution.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-99765\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/08\/rol-3-LL-ZN-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/08\/rol-3-LL-ZN-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/08\/rol-3-LL-ZN-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An accident on the N4 between the Samora Machel and Hendrina offramps has rendered one of the eastbound lanes closed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":99763,"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":[902,1424,19732,10010,12898,15567,19731,19733,13108,16842,2023,15946,10333],"class_list":["post-99762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-accident-on-n4","tag-accidents","tag-lane-closed-after-accident-on-n4","tag-local-news","tag-middelburg-news","tag-middelburg-traffic","tag-n4-lane-closed","tag-n4-lane-closed-near-hendrina-offramp","tag-n4-traffic","tag-n4-traffic-alert","tag-traffic","tag-traffic-alert","tag-trusted-news"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["Accident on N4","accidents","lane closed after accident on n4","local news","middelburg news","middelburg traffic","n4 lane closed","n4 lane closed near hendrina offramp","N4 traffic","n4 traffic alert","traffic","traffic alert","trusted news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99762","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=99762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}