{"id":55734,"date":"2026-08-12T05:50:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T03:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/pedestrian-struck-while-walking-in-road-tongaat-kzn\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T05:50:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T03:50:34","slug":"pedestrian-struck-while-walking-in-road-tongaat-kzn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/pedestrian-struck-while-walking-in-road-tongaat-kzn\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian Struck While Walking In Road: Tongaat &#8211; KZN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An unidentified pedestrian sustained head injuries after being struck by a vehicle on the R102 southbound lane near the Canelands intersection in Tongaat &#8211; KZN yesterday afternoon (Monday, 10\/08\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>At approximately 20:40, members of Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) were dispatched to the scene. On arrival, Reaction Officers located the injured man lying on the side of the road.<\/p>\n<p>According to the driver of a Volkswagen Polo, he was travelling from Tongaat &#8211; KZN to his residence when he noticed the pedestrian walking in the middle of the road. The motorist attempted to avoid the man but was unable to do so and struck him.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle sustained damage to its windscreen and front bumper&#8230;.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=78262&#038;page=pedestrian-struck-while-walking-in-road-tongaat-kzn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An unidentified pedestrian sustained head injuries after being struck by a vehicle on the R102 southbound lane near the Canelands intersection in Tongaat &#8211; KZN yesterday afternoon (Monday, 10\/08\/2026). At approximately 20:40, members of Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) were dispatched to the scene. On arrival, Reaction Officers located the injured man lying on the [&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-55734","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\/55734","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=55734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}