{"id":55609,"date":"2026-08-04T23:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T21:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/drunk-driver-collides-into-oncoming-vehicles-oaklands-kzn\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T23:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T21:09:11","slug":"drunk-driver-collides-into-oncoming-vehicles-oaklands-kzn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/drunk-driver-collides-into-oncoming-vehicles-oaklands-kzn\/","title":{"rendered":"Drunk Driver Collides Into Oncoming Vehicles: Oaklands &#8211; KZN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 49-year-old intoxicated motorist collided into two (2) oncoming vehicles on Todd Street between Oaklands and Redcliffe &#8211; KZN this afternoon (Tuesday, 04\/08\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>Members of Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA), who were returning from an unrelated call for assistance, came across the collision. It was established that the driver of a white Nissan Almera crossed into the path of oncoming traffic and collided with a red Chery Tiggo and a silver Nissan Micra.<\/p>\n<p>According to witnesses, the intoxicated male had been driving erratically moments before the collision.<\/p>\n<p>Empty alcohol bottles (picture 7) were found inside the Nissan Almera. A female passenger in the Chery Tiggo was treated at the scene by a private ambulance service after sustaining minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The intoxicated driver was restrained by Reaction Officers and handed over to the Verulam SAPS in KZN for further investigation<\/p>\n<p>Drunk Driver Collides Into Oncoming Vehicles: Oaklands &#8211; KZNhttps:\/\/t.co\/jh3qqfPF0h#ArriveAlive&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=78190&#038;page=drunk-driver-collides-into-oncoming-vehicles-oaklands-kzn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 49-year-old intoxicated motorist collided into two (2) oncoming vehicles on Todd Street between Oaklands and Redcliffe &#8211; KZN this afternoon (Tuesday, 04\/08\/2026). Members of Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA), who were returning from an unrelated call for assistance, came across the collision. It was established that the driver of a white Nissan Almera crossed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[66,2152],"class_list":["post-55609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-accidents","tag-kwazulu-natal","tag-kzn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55609","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=55609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55609\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}