{"id":16376,"date":"2014-10-14T13:24:51","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T11:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=16376"},"modified":"2014-10-14T13:24:51","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T11:24:51","slug":"carnage-near-alberton-as-runaway-petrol-tanker-crashes-into-45-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=16376","title":{"rendered":"Carnage near Alberton as runaway petrol tanker crashes into 45 cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The N12 East has been blocked off at the Comaro Street offramp after a petrol tanker crashed into scores of vehicles in Alberton, south-east of Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>Johannesburg metro police chief superintendent Wayne Minnaar said on Tuesday: &#8220;Motorists are advised to use the M1, M2, or use Xavier Street or Klipriver Road as exit routes in order to avoid the traffic congestion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Paramedics earlier revised the number of people injured in the accident.<\/p>\n<p>Two people were killed and three people were critically injured.<\/p>\n<p>Jarrod Denwood Bezuidenhout posted the following video of the scene on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FL8DA7oUY0k\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Two patients were airlifted by the Netcare helicopter and one patient rushed to hospital for the urgent&#8230; care they required,&#8221; Netcare 911 spokesperson Santi Steinmann said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Seventeen people sustained injuries ranging from moderate to serious and were transported to various hospitals after receiving medical treatment on scene.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Two heavy trucks and 45 cars were involved in the accident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The road will remain obstructed for the scene to be cleared,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The accident happened on the N12 East near Voortrekker Road.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the updated information being released, ER24 said 54 people were injured in the accident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A petrol tanker had apparently lost control and collided with the multiple vehicles,&#8221; said spokesperson Russel Meiring in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When ER24 paramedics, as well as other services, arrived on scene, they found multiple vehicles and car parts spread across the road.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Paramedics began their assessment and found two people had been killed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The driver of the petrol tanker told paramedics that his brakes had apparently failed, causing him to collide with&#8230; multiple vehicles,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The N12 East has been blocked off at the Comaro Street offramp after a petrol tanker crashed into scores of vehicles in Alberton, south-east of Johannesburg. Johannesburg metro police chief superintendent Wayne Minnaar said on Tuesday: &#8220;Motorists are advised to use the M1, M2, or use Xavier Street or Klipriver Road as exit routes in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=16376\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Carnage near Alberton as runaway petrol tanker crashes into 45 cars&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2961,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[4947,5856,5623,6087,10243,10244],"class_list":["post-16376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-south-africa","tag-alberton","tag-dead","tag-injured","tag-n12","tag-road-accident","tag-tanker-truck"],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16376","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\/2961"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16376"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16377,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16376\/revisions\/16377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}