{"id":46034,"date":"2026-04-24T20:23:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/the-johannesburg-metropolitan-police-department-jmpd-has-been-alerted-to-an-incident-involving-a-fallen-tree-on-beyers-naude-drive-near-west-park-cemetery\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T20:23:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:23:33","slug":"the-johannesburg-metropolitan-police-department-jmpd-has-been-alerted-to-an-incident-involving-a-fallen-tree-on-beyers-naude-drive-near-west-park-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/the-johannesburg-metropolitan-police-department-jmpd-has-been-alerted-to-an-incident-involving-a-fallen-tree-on-beyers-naude-drive-near-west-park-cemetery\/","title":{"rendered":"The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) has been alerted to an incident involving a fallen tree on Beyers Naud\u00e9 Drive near West Park Cemetery."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Location: Beyers Naud&eacute; Drive (near West Park Cemetery), Randburg<\/p>\n<p>The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) has been alerted to an incident involving a fallen tree on Beyers Naud&eacute; Drive near West Park Cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>A tree has fallen across the roadway, coming to rest on a motor vehicle. There were no passengers in the vehicle. The driver, who was the sole occupant, luckily sustained no injuries.<\/p>\n<p>JMPD officers are currently on the scene. We are awaiting the arrival of Johannesburg City Parks to assist with the removal of the tree and the clearing of the debris.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the size of the tree, the affected section of Beyers Naud&eacute; Drive remains closed to traffic. This closure is expected to cause significant delays in the Randburg area.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists are advised to avoid Beyers Naud&eacute; Drive in the vicinity of West Park Cemetery. Use alternative routes such as Judith Road, Preller Drive, or Tesselar Terrace to navigate around the obstruction.<\/p>\n<p>Stay&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=77169&#038;page=the-johannesburg-metropolitan-police-department-jmpd-has-been-alerted-to-an-incident-involving-a-fallen-tree-on-beyers-naud%C3%A9-drive-near-west-park-cemetery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Location: Beyers Naud&eacute; Drive (near West Park Cemetery), Randburg The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) has been alerted to an incident involving a fallen tree on Beyers Naud&eacute; Drive near West Park Cemetery. A tree has fallen across the roadway, coming to rest on a motor vehicle. There were no passengers in the vehicle. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46035,"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\/HGrZTotXwAAC46S.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/HGrZTotXwAAC46S.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46034","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=46034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}