{"id":46608,"date":"2026-05-17T04:08:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T02:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/emergency-services-and-security-mobilise-after-a-collision-and-looting-in-arcadia\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T04:08:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T02:08:24","slug":"emergency-services-and-security-mobilise-after-a-collision-and-looting-in-arcadia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/emergency-services-and-security-mobilise-after-a-collision-and-looting-in-arcadia\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency services and security mobilise after a collision and looting in Arcadia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after 08:10 on Saturday, 16 May 2026, multiple emergency medical services, law enforcement agencies, security companies, and towing services were dispatched to the intersection of Pretorius Street and Eastwood Street in Arcadia, Pretoria, following a motor vehicle accident involving a South African Breweries (SAB) truck and a Toyota Prado.<\/p>\n<p>The circumstances surrounding the collision are yet to be determined, and investigations are ongoing. The South African Police Service (SAPS) is attending to the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Two patients were assessed and treated on scene by attending emergency medical personnel. One patient, a minor, sustained moderate injuries and was transported to a nearby medical facility for further care. A second patient sustained minor injuries and was also transported to hospital. <\/p>\n<p>Following the accident, members of the public began looting alcohol from the SAB truck. Additional resources were called to the scene to assist with crowd management and to prevent the&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=77364&#038;page=emergency-services-and-security-mobilise-after-a-collision-and-looting-in-arcadia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after 08:10 on Saturday, 16 May 2026, multiple emergency medical services, law enforcement agencies, security companies, and towing services were dispatched to the intersection of Pretorius Street and Eastwood Street in Arcadia, Pretoria, following a motor vehicle accident involving a South African Breweries (SAB) truck and a Toyota Prado. The circumstances surrounding the collision [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46609,"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\/701227677_122175440078638513_2502075267559726680_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/701227677_122175440078638513_2502075267559726680_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46608","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=46608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}