{"id":43473,"date":"2026-01-26T12:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T10:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/cyclist-collides-with-taxi-everest-heights-kzn\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T12:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T10:30:07","slug":"cyclist-collides-with-taxi-everest-heights-kzn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/cyclist-collides-with-taxi-everest-heights-kzn\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclist Collides With Taxi: Everest Heights \u2013 KZN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) received a call for assistance from a member of the public reporting an accident between a minibus taxi and a cyclist on Himalaya Drive in Everest Heights &#8211; KZN this morning (Monday). <\/p>\n<p>Reaction Officers were dispatched at approximately 06:12 and on arrival confirmed that the incident involved a white Toyota Quantum and a bicycle.<\/p>\n<p>According to the taxi driver, he was travelling from Tensing Way towards Himalaya Drive when the cyclist failed to brake and collided with the taxi.<\/p>\n<p>The collision resulted in damage to the taxi&rsquo;s windscreen and right-hand side. The bicycle was extensively damaged.<\/p>\n<p>The cyclist sustained injuries and was transported from the scene to hospital by RUSA Paramedics for further medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>Cyclist Collides With Taxi: Everest Heights \u2013 KZNhttps:\/\/t.co\/XXvtwyE8cA#ArriveAlive #CyclingSafety pic.twitter.com\/xJuysO8wDp&mdash; Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) January 26, 2026&#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=76239&#038;page=cyclist-collides-with-taxi-everest-heights-kzn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) received a call for assistance from a member of the public reporting an accident between a minibus taxi and a cyclist on Himalaya Drive in Everest Heights &#8211; KZN this morning (Monday). Reaction Officers were dispatched at approximately 06:12 and on arrival confirmed that the incident involved a white Toyota [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43474,"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\/618857877_1331350479018708_4329024005464010717_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[66,2152,1888,1327],"class_list":["post-43473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-kwazulu-natal","tag-kzn","tag-taxi","tag-taxi-accident"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/618857877_1331350479018708_4329024005464010717_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43473","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=43473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}