[Lenasia 28 January 2012 16:00] A woman driving a VW Polo on Nirvana Drive in Lenasia allegedly aquaplaned in her vehicle after heavy rains in the area. The woman in her 30′s was luckily uninjured but her car crashed through a stand on the side of the road where a man sells vegetables. The man [...]
Four people have been killed and nine others seriously injured in an accident involving two mini-bus taxi and a truck on the R101 road between Polokwane and Mokopane in Limpopo. This is the alternative route to the heavily tolled N1 route. Traffic spokesperson Keshetso Sethlapelo says the accident happened after one of mini buses hit [...]
Four women were killed in an accident on the R61 between Queenstown and Port St Johns on Sunday, Eastern Cape police said. “Two cars were travelling towards Mthatha when one crashed into the back of the other,” Lieutenant Colonel Mzukisi Fatyela said. He said the accident, which took place at 2.30am, killed four women in [...]
Five people, including three children, died in a motor vehicle accident in Edenvale on Christmas day, Ekurhuleni metro police said. Metro police spokesperson Mzeli Nhlapo said the accident happened when a Toyota Corolla travelling on the R24 West lost control and collided with a lamp post. Two female passengers, aged 25 and 27, died instantly. [...]
The South African Civil Aviation Authority on Friday said its new centralised safety reporting system should help prevent any future aircraft disasters. The new technology was implemented this week. It provides a platform for the public, pilots and air traffic controllers to report unsafe activities and situations that could lead to an accident. CAA spokesperson [...]
Normal operation resumed at Pretoria’s Wonderboom Airport on Wednesday a day after two planes collided, critically injuring three people, the City of Tshwane said. Spokesperson Console Tleane said the runway was cleared and opened at 10am following Tuesday’s accident between two light aircraft, a Jabiru and a Piper. “One of the three people injured is [...]
A man was killed and three others seriously injured when the vehicle they were travelling in left Wiggins Road in Chesterville and plunged into a storm water drain last night. What caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle remains unclear and will be the subject of a South African Police Force investigation. Paramedics [...]
A hot air balloon carrying tourists over Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park crashed this week, killing an American and a Danish tourist and wounding eight others, officials said on Friday. Aviation experts are investigating Wednesday’s crash, but officials said there were indications that strong winds played a role. National parks in Tanzania and Kenya offer hot [...]
A 47-year-old man was fatally injured when his microlight hit overhead cables and crashed outside Brits, near Pretoria, officials said on Monday. The microlight came down in a field, 40km outside of Brits at 09:00, said ER24 spokesperson Vanessa Jackson. Hartbeespoort rescue workers got to the scene to find the pilot with severe head, chest, [...]
The Arrive Alive Website received an email earlier today with the following heading: “Brace yourself before looking at the below image. A pilot at low level has no control over his aircraft. It narrowly misses a crowd gathered for the airshow and slams into four buildings. One can only imagine the horror of the occupants [...]
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