{"id":42309,"date":"2025-12-24T01:50:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T23:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/two-motorists-found-deceased-after-vehicle-was-swept-away-in-centurion\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T01:50:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T23:50:19","slug":"two-motorists-found-deceased-after-vehicle-was-swept-away-in-centurion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/two-motorists-found-deceased-after-vehicle-was-swept-away-in-centurion\/","title":{"rendered":"Two motorists found deceased after vehicle was swept away in Centurion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, CERT Centurion assisted with a coordinated search operation for two individuals reported missing since Sunday, following the recent flooding in the area.<\/p>\n<p>After an extensive joint operation, the vehicle in which the two occupants had been travelling was located and successfully recovered. Tragically, both missing persons were found deceased inside the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>CERT extends its sincere appreciation to all agencies involved for their professionalism, dedication, and cooperation during this difficult operation. <\/p>\n<p>Our thanks go to SAPS Wierdabrug, SAPS Water Wing and Dive Unit, Gauteng Emergency Medical Services  Rescue Team, Tshwane Metro Police Department , Tshwane Emergency Services Department , SARZA , Wierdabrug CPF, Emer-G-Med (Pty) Ltd , Afriforum Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p>Watch, Precision Towing, PRSS Holdings , Safe City Projects , Fidelity ADT , Copwatch , Monitor Net, Lapua Strike Force  and all other supporting services on scene.<\/p>\n<p>Our thoughts and condolences are with&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=75858&#038;page=two-motorists-found-deceased-after-vehicle-was-swept-away-in-centurion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, CERT Centurion assisted with a coordinated search operation for two individuals reported missing since Sunday, following the recent flooding in the area. After an extensive joint operation, the vehicle in which the two occupants had been travelling was located and successfully recovered. Tragically, both missing persons were found deceased inside the vehicle. CERT [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42310,"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\/604739712_1230936222466224_2621230579443535156_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[164],"class_list":["post-42309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-gauteng"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/604739712_1230936222466224_2621230579443535156_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42309","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=42309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}