{"id":43172,"date":"2026-01-19T11:57:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T09:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/breaking-update-on-the-scholar-transportation-crash-in-vanderbijlpark\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T11:57:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T09:57:30","slug":"breaking-update-on-the-scholar-transportation-crash-in-vanderbijlpark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/breaking-update-on-the-scholar-transportation-crash-in-vanderbijlpark\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking update on the scholar transportation crash in Vanderbijlpark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A devastating update has been confirmed following the crash involving a truck and a scholar transport minibus in Vanderbijlpark.<\/p>\n<p>\t11 learners have tragically lost their lives while on their way to school.<br \/>\n\tEmergency services remain on scene.<br \/>\n\tThe Gauteng Education MEC is en route to the scene.<\/p>\n<p>This is an unfolding situation, and authorities are continuing investigations into the circumstances surrounding the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists are urged to avoid the area and use alternative routes.<\/p>\n<p>Our thoughts and condolences are with the families, schools, and communities affected during this incredibly difficult time&#8230;.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=76167&#038;page=breaking-update-on-the-scholar-transportation-crash-in-vanderbijlpark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A devastating update has been confirmed following the crash involving a truck and a scholar transport minibus in Vanderbijlpark. 11 learners have tragically lost their lives while on their way to school. Emergency services remain on scene. The Gauteng Education MEC is en route to the scene. This is an unfolding situation, and authorities are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43173,"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\/Breaking%20update%20on%20the%20scholar%20transportation%20crash%20in%20Vanderbijlpark.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[164],"class_list":["post-43172","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\/Breaking%20update%20on%20the%20scholar%20transportation%20crash%20in%20Vanderbijlpark.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43172","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=43172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}