{"id":43720,"date":"2026-02-05T13:15:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T11:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/jogger-struck-by-overtaking-vehicle-ballito-kzn\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T13:15:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T11:15:51","slug":"jogger-struck-by-overtaking-vehicle-ballito-kzn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/jogger-struck-by-overtaking-vehicle-ballito-kzn\/","title":{"rendered":"Jogger Struck By Overtaking Vehicle: Ballito \u2013 KZN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A male Jogger sustained injuries after being struck by a vehicle on the R102 near Ballito Compensation in Ballito &ndash; KZN this morning (Thursday).<\/p>\n<p>Members of Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) were dispatched to the scene following reports of the accident. Upon arrival, Reaction Officers found the injured male lying on the roadside. An initial assessment revealed multiple bodily injuries, including a suspected fracture to his left leg. It was alleged that a Toyota Tazz was attempting to overtake a truck when it collided with the jogger.<\/p>\n<p>A Private Ambulance Service responded to the scene, stabilised the patient, and transported him to a nearby hospital for further medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Jogger Struck By Overtaking Vehicle: Ballito \u2013 KZNhttps:\/\/t.co\/76jkWljWVG#ArriveAlive #Jogging #Running pic.twitter.com\/aLXAK2BOeX&mdash; Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) February 5, 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=76363&#038;page=jogger-struck-by-overtaking-vehicle-ballito-kzn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A male Jogger sustained injuries after being struck by a vehicle on the R102 near Ballito Compensation in Ballito &ndash; KZN this morning (Thursday). Members of Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) were dispatched to the scene following reports of the accident. Upon arrival, Reaction Officers found the injured male lying on the roadside. An initial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43721,"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\/626046999_1339902701496819_7354833496323357223_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[66,2152],"class_list":["post-43720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-kwazulu-natal","tag-kzn"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/626046999_1339902701496819_7354833496323357223_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43720","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=43720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}