{"id":46094,"date":"2026-04-26T14:31:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T12:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/driver-of-vehicle-lost-control-at-high-speed-leaving-the-roadway-and-entering-a-stormwater-culvert\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T14:31:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T12:31:49","slug":"driver-of-vehicle-lost-control-at-high-speed-leaving-the-roadway-and-entering-a-stormwater-culvert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/driver-of-vehicle-lost-control-at-high-speed-leaving-the-roadway-and-entering-a-stormwater-culvert\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver of vehicle lost control at high speed, leaving the roadway and entering a stormwater culvert."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the early hours of this morning (26 April 2026 at approximately 03:40), Durban Metro Police Service  Search and Rescue responded to a serious motor vehicle accident.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed that a white Nissan Navara double cab lost control at high speed, leaving the roadway and entering a stormwater culvert.<\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival, officers found a single occupant trapped inside the vehicle. A joint rescue operation was conducted with South African Police Service  Search and Rescue and the EThekwini Municipality Fire Department, utilising hydraulic rescue equipment to extricate the victim.<\/p>\n<p>The patient was assessed on scene by KZN Emergency Medical Rescue Services (EMRS) and was declared deceased.<\/p>\n<p>The scene was handed over to SAPS for further investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The Durban Metropolitan Police Service extends its condolences to the family and loved ones of the deceased.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists are urged to exercise caution, especially during early morning hours&#8230;.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=77184&#038;page=driver-of-vehicle-lost-control-at-high-speed-leaving-the-roadway-and-entering-a-stormwater-culvert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the early hours of this morning (26 April 2026 at approximately 03:40), Durban Metro Police Service Search and Rescue responded to a serious motor vehicle accident. It is believed that a white Nissan Navara double cab lost control at high speed, leaving the roadway and entering a stormwater culvert. Upon arrival, officers found a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46095,"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\/680350491_945503421685385_8581389880805326583_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[66,2152],"class_list":["post-46094","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\/680350491_945503421685385_8581389880805326583_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46094","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=46094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}