{"id":12019,"date":"2013-11-27T08:38:02","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T08:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=12019"},"modified":"2013-11-27T08:38:02","modified_gmt":"2013-11-27T08:38:02","slug":"six-killed-in-diepsloot-minibus-taxi-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=12019","title":{"rendered":"Six killed in Diepsloot minibus taxi crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12020\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12020\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/taxi-ripped-open.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12020\" alt=\"Scene of another taxi accident\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/taxi-ripped-open-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/taxi-ripped-open-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/taxi-ripped-open.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scene of another taxi accident<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Six people were killed and two critically injured when a minibus taxi overturned near Diepsloot on Wednesday morning, paramedics said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The taxi overturned on the N14 near the R511 off-ramp, said ER24 spokeswoman Vanessa Jackson.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;One of the critically injured patients was airlifted to [Chris Hani] Baragwanath Hospital.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Seven others suffered moderate and minor injuries. They were treated on the scene before being taken to various hospitals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Johannesburg Emergency Services spokesman Robert Mulaudzi advised motorists to use alternative routes as traffic was at a standstill in the area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Summit Road and the R511 will be closed until the accident is cleared,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The cause of the accident was not known and relevant authorities were at the scene.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mulaudzi appealed to motorist to be vigilant and cautious on the roads.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We are on our knees begging motorist to drive safe, especially at this time of the year.&#8221; &#8211; Sapa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six people were killed and two critically injured when a minibus taxi overturned near Diepsloot on Wednesday morning, paramedics said. The taxi overturned on the N14 near the R511 off-ramp, said ER24 spokeswoman Vanessa Jackson. &#8220;One of the critically injured patients was airlifted to [Chris Hani] Baragwanath Hospital.&#8221; Seven others suffered moderate and minor injuries. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=12019\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Six killed in Diepsloot minibus taxi crash&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[3780,2863,7520,7613],"class_list":["post-12019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-south-africa","tag-accident","tag-diepsloot","tag-minibus-taxi","tag-n14"],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/taxi-ripped-open.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12019"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12021,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12019\/revisions\/12021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}