{"id":44541,"date":"2026-03-03T21:42:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T19:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/multiple-fatalities-when-two-light-motor-vehicles-and-two-minibus-taxis-collided-on-matlala-road-just-after-the-bloodriver-bridge-in-polokwane-limpopo\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T21:42:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T19:42:28","slug":"multiple-fatalities-when-two-light-motor-vehicles-and-two-minibus-taxis-collided-on-matlala-road-just-after-the-bloodriver-bridge-in-polokwane-limpopo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/multiple-fatalities-when-two-light-motor-vehicles-and-two-minibus-taxis-collided-on-matlala-road-just-after-the-bloodriver-bridge-in-polokwane-limpopo\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple fatalities when two light motor vehicles and two minibus taxis collided on Matlala Road, just after the Bloodriver Bridge in Polokwane, Limpopo."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Major crash occurred on Tuesday, 03 March 2026, at approximately 15:30 on Matlala Road, just after the Bloodriver Bridge in Polokwane, Limpopo.<\/p>\n<p>Two light motor vehicles and two minibus taxis were involved in a multiple-vehicle collision. The crash resulted in six (6) fatalities and approximately fifteen (15) injured persons.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the crash is currently unknown and remains subject to ongoing investigations.<\/p>\n<p>Further updates will be provided as more information becomes available&#8230;.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=76632&#038;page=multiple-fatalities-when-two-light-motor-vehicles-and-two-minibus-taxis-collided-on-matlala-road-just-after-the-bloodriver-bridge-in-polokwane-limpopo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major crash occurred on Tuesday, 03 March 2026, at approximately 15:30 on Matlala Road, just after the Bloodriver Bridge in Polokwane, Limpopo. Two light motor vehicles and two minibus taxis were involved in a multiple-vehicle collision. The crash resulted in six (6) fatalities and approximately fifteen (15) injured persons. The cause of the crash is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44542,"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\/646386314_1469044095256701_3732368742895773167_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[339,1327,2168],"class_list":["post-44541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-limpopo","tag-taxi-accident","tag-taxis"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/646386314_1469044095256701_3732368742895773167_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44541","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=44541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}