{"id":43321,"date":"2026-01-22T12:14:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T10:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/r511-thabazimbi-scholar-transport-collision\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T12:14:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T10:14:01","slug":"r511-thabazimbi-scholar-transport-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/r511-thabazimbi-scholar-transport-collision\/","title":{"rendered":"R511 Thabazimbi \u2013 Scholar Transport Collision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A serious accident occurred this morning on the R511 near Thabazimbi, North West province, involving a scholar transport bus (carrying school children) and a bakkie.  <\/p>\n<p>According to initial reports:<br \/>\n&#8211; The scholar bus was en route to drop off learners when it collided with the bakkie.<br \/>\n&#8211; The driver of the bakkie sustained serious injuries and has been rushed for medical attention.<br \/>\n&#8211; No major injuries were reported among the school children or the bus driver &mdash; all learners escaped with minor or no injuries.  <\/p>\n<p>Emergency services and authorities have been dispatched to the scene to investigate the cause and manage traffic. Motorists in the area are advised to expect delays and proceed with caution.  <\/p>\n<p>Please drive safely and adhere to road rules.<br \/>\n#LiveTraffic #ArriveAlive #RoadSafety  <\/p>\n<p>R511 Thabazimbi \u2013 Scholar Transport Collisionhttps:\/\/t.co\/0Iu4rzmncC#ArriveAlive #RoadSafety #ScholarTransport @LiveTrafficNPC pic.twitter.com\/mezHaSncXo&mdash; Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive)&#8230;<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=76197&#038;page=r511-thabazimbi-scholar-transport-collision\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A serious accident occurred this morning on the R511 near Thabazimbi, North West province, involving a scholar transport bus (carrying school children) and a bakkie. According to initial reports: &#8211; The scholar bus was en route to drop off learners when it collided with the bakkie. &#8211; The driver of the bakkie sustained serious injuries [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43322,"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\/Screenshot%202026-01-22%20120754.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[2150,2151,229],"class_list":["post-43321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-bus","tag-bus-accident","tag-north-west"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/Screenshot%202026-01-22%20120754.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43321","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=43321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}