Neo Thale It has been reported on Monday, just after 7pm, that seven people had been declared dead in the aftermath, all occupants of the same vehicle. Tanker on fire in the KZN Midlands. Picture: NETCARE 911 (@Netcare911 sa)
An accident on the N3 highway in the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Midlands, involving a bus, tanker and other vehicles, has resulted in the deaths of seven people, dozens injured and a huge fire.
“The crash involved four vehicles – a tanker carrying a flammable substance, a bus, bakkie and another truck. The bus, tanker and bakkie caught alight after the crash. Tragically, seven people, all occupants of the bakkie sustained fatal injuries
Watch the video below:
#RichmondRoad from #MarianhillTollgate truck took the corner and a whole load of beers have fallen out on Richmond Road. No truck just beers and lots a SAPS on scene and the community having n ball.@BOSBEER2006@1SecondLater@Delta32Landi@DerLydia@precision towpic.twitter.com/ahgnEzAtr6
Richmond Road from Marianhill Tollgate truck took the corner and a whole load of beers have fallen out on Richmond Road. No truck just beers and lots a SAPS on scene.#KZNTRAFFICpic.twitter.com/sNmg8oDIcZ
The same happened in Soweto, where motorists helped themselves to free beer.
JHB – N1 North: #FreeBeer passing motorists assisting to clear a scene involving a Beer Truck at Soweto – SLOW TRAFFIC
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A 35-year old woman has been fatally wounded during a stabbing incident on the M5 highway in Cape Town.
Police say the suspect, a foreign national, has been arrested and charged with murder.
The incident led to an accident involving another vehicle
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A 39-year old foreign national has been arrested after he allegedly stabbed a 35-year-old woman to death during an altercation in their car on the M5 highway near Ottery in Cape Town.
Western Cape police spokesperson, Captain FC Van Wyk said: Crime scene experts and local police are still on the scene combing the area for clues. Wynberg police are investigating a murder case following the fatal stabbing incident this morning.
A fire that has engulfed parts of Stellenbosch is now sending smoke towards the Cape Town Municipality, covering the skies in a dense blanket of fumes and pollutants. In some parts of the south-west, the sun has been blocked out by these travelling plumes, after the blaze near Jonkershoek was aided by high winds on Friday.
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The Western Cape Government is currently responding to the incident, and they’ve deployed all available support teams to the affected area. Minister of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning – Anton Bredell – has also warned that the weekend weather forecast is highly unfavourable for firefighters trying to quell the inferno:
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Drivers have been cautioned to avoid the Griffiths Mxenge (Mangosuthu) Highway in Umlazi, Durban, following protests in the area on Monday morning.
Police spokesperson Colonel Thembeka Mbele confirmed that protect action was underway. There is currently a public protest by the community of Emhlabeni informal settlement. This community has blockaded Mangosuthu highway with burning rubble, she says.
Durban - N2 / M4 North (Update): #Protesting opposite Umlazi - HEAVY DELAYS from the South Coast and through Umlazi / Isipingo areas https://t.co/SUCgIqJb1q Rob Beezy (@TrafficSA) February 15, 2021
Mbele added that the sections of the M4 were also partially blocked.