Screeching tyres, horrifying screams, and then silence this is how a witness vividly described a peak-hour accident that resulted in a traffic cop being struck and killed by a manganese ore truck on the N2 in Kinkelbos on Tuesday afternoon.
Nelson Mandela Bay police had their hands full during the New Year’s weekend, with various crimes reported, ranging from murders to drug busts, drinking and driving, muggings and more.
Despite the poor weather putting a dampener on festivities, more than 500 people were arrested for drunken driving on the Eastern Cape roads from December 1 to January 1. Transport MEC Xolile Nqatha said drunken driving remained a major contributing factor to a lot of crashes in the province, some of them deadly.
Bulembu Airport was abuzz with scores of Buffalo City Metro school pupils who attended a careers expo as part of International Civil Aviation Day celebrations on Saturday.