{"id":47003,"date":"2026-05-31T05:15:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T03:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/a-male-e-hailing-passenger-lost-his-life-in-a-tragic-crash-on-the-n12-east\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T05:15:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T03:15:57","slug":"a-male-e-hailing-passenger-lost-his-life-in-a-tragic-crash-on-the-n12-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/a-male-e-hailing-passenger-lost-his-life-in-a-tragic-crash-on-the-n12-east\/","title":{"rendered":"A male e-hailing passenger lost his life in a tragic crash on the N12 East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A male e-hailing passenger lost his life in a tragic crash on the N12 East, shortly after the N12\/R24 split, in the early hours of Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>According to the City of Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Services, the accident occurred at approximately 02:50 when a sedan carrying an Uber driver and passenger collided with the rear of an eight-ton truck travelling in the same direction.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency crews from the Bedfordview Fire Station responded to the scene following reports of a serious motor vehicle collision. Upon arrival, they found the sedan extensively damaged.<\/p>\n<p>The passenger sustained fatal injuries and was declared deceased at the scene by Gauteng Ambulance Service paramedics.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the sedan survived the crash but sustained injuries and was transported to a nearby hospital for further medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The circumstances surrounding the collision remain under investigation by the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD).<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have urged&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=77506&#038;page=a-male-e-hailing-passenger-lost-his-life-in-a-tragic-crash-on-the-n12-east\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A male e-hailing passenger lost his life in a tragic crash on the N12 East, shortly after the N12\/R24 split, in the early hours of Saturday morning. According to the City of Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Services, the accident occurred at approximately 02:50 when a sedan carrying an Uber driver and passenger collided with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47004,"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\/711737708_1328437582805752_4653558951079566997_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[164],"class_list":["post-47003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-gauteng"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/711737708_1328437582805752_4653558951079566997_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47003","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=47003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}