{"id":55821,"date":"2026-08-18T18:24:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T16:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/15-injured-two-critical-after-bakkie-carrying-passengers-rolls-multiple-times-on-r69-outside-vryheid\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T18:24:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T16:24:52","slug":"15-injured-two-critical-after-bakkie-carrying-passengers-rolls-multiple-times-on-r69-outside-vryheid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/15-injured-two-critical-after-bakkie-carrying-passengers-rolls-multiple-times-on-r69-outside-vryheid\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Injured, Two Critical After Bakkie Carrying Passengers Rolls Multiple Times on R69 Outside Vryheid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KwaZulu Private Ambulance Service responded to a serious collision on the R69 near the Adora store outside Vryheid, after reports of a bakkie carrying multiple passengers overturning several times.<\/p>\n<p>On arrival, the medical team found that the bakkie, travelling from Vryheid to Louwsburg, had lost control and rolled multiple times, leaving 15 occupants injured.<\/p>\n<p>Advanced Paramedics assessed the scene and confirmed the following injury breakdown:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; 2 patients sustained critical injuries, including head and abdominal trauma<br \/>\n&#8211; 5 patients sustained serious injuries, including fractures<br \/>\n&#8211; 8 patients sustained minor injuries, including cuts and bruises<\/p>\n<p>All patients received emergency medical treatment on scene before being transported for further care.<\/p>\n<p>SAPS are on scene assisting with traffic control, with one lane currently closed while emergency services continue to work at the site. The cause of the collision is under investigation by SAPS.<\/p>\n<p>The scene remains active&#8230;.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=78324&#038;page=15-injured-two-critical-after-bakkie-carrying-passengers-rolls-multiple-times-on-r69-outside-vryheid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KwaZulu Private Ambulance Service responded to a serious collision on the R69 near the Adora store outside Vryheid, after reports of a bakkie carrying multiple passengers overturning several times. On arrival, the medical team found that the bakkie, travelling from Vryheid to Louwsburg, had lost control and rolled multiple times, leaving 15 occupants injured. Advanced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55822,"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\/WhatsApp%20Image%202026-08-18%20at%2010_22_10.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/WhatsApp%20Image%202026-08-18%20at%2010_22_10.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55821","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=55821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}