{"id":40807,"date":"2025-11-03T03:12:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T01:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/double-tragedy-strikes-empangeni-11-injured-in-separate-road-collisions\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T03:12:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T01:12:12","slug":"double-tragedy-strikes-empangeni-11-injured-in-separate-road-collisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/double-tragedy-strikes-empangeni-11-injured-in-separate-road-collisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Double Tragedy Strikes Empangeni &#8211; 11 Injured in Separate Road Collisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A devastating day on Empangeni&#039;s roads has left eleven people injured following two separate vehicle collisions that occurred within hours of each other, prompting a massive emergency response across the city.<\/p>\n<p>The first collision unfolded at approximately 12h30 this afternoon on the busy R34 John Ross Highway in Empangeni. Two vehicles collided in circumstances that remain under investigation, leaving a scene of twisted metal and shattered glass. Emergency responders worked swiftly to extricate two patients who sustained serious injuries in the impact. <\/p>\n<p>Both individuals were stabilized on scene by advanced life support paramedics before being transported to a nearby hospital for urgent medical intervention.<\/p>\n<p>The second incident occurred just hours later at approximately 17h30 on Rex Henderson Road in Empangeni, involving a taxi and a light motor vehicle. <\/p>\n<p>This collision resulted in a far more extensive casualty count, with nine people requiring medical attention. Three patients&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=75133&#038;page=double-tragedy-strikes-empangeni-11-injured-in-separate-road-collisions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A devastating day on Empangeni&#039;s roads has left eleven people injured following two separate vehicle collisions that occurred within hours of each other, prompting a massive emergency response across the city. The first collision unfolded at approximately 12h30 this afternoon on the busy R34 John Ross Highway in Empangeni. Two vehicles collided in circumstances that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40808,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-11-02%20at%2020_09_43.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[1888,1327],"class_list":["post-40807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-taxi","tag-taxi-accident"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-11-02%20at%2020_09_43.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}