{"id":56149,"date":"2026-09-05T07:47:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T05:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/three-vehicles-collide-on-sonstraal-road-paarl\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T07:47:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T05:47:05","slug":"three-vehicles-collide-on-sonstraal-road-paarl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/three-vehicles-collide-on-sonstraal-road-paarl\/","title":{"rendered":"Three vehicles collide on Sonstraal Road, Paarl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon, a sudden manoeuvre on the narrow passage near the Havequa bospad\/ Sonstraal road turnoff caused havoc.<\/p>\n<p>3 vehicles were badly damaged, 2 in the roadside ditch.<\/p>\n<p>The DFW responders, so called for, brought a dfw cruiser with 700 liter skid unit and fire extinguishers and the big first aid bags, but luckily only egos were scratched.<\/p>\n<p>Paarl traffic officers had their hands full, but still.managed to guide traffic safely through.<\/p>\n<p>We keep reporting about the Sonstraal road, as it is becoming a serious issue with the many accidents that happen there, and the roadside trenches and missing warning signs.<\/p>\n<p>Talks were held this week, and promises made.<\/p>\n<p>We thank all who responded for their professionalism.<\/p>\n<p>DFW Fire &amp; Rescue NPC<\/p>\n<p>084 752 8120<br \/>\n#DFWFireAndRescue <\/p>\n<p>Three vehicles collide on Sonstraal Road, Paarlhttps:\/\/t.co\/OwtOYhMdzt#ArriveAlive #RoadSafety pic.twitter.com\/eAsvqHPipK&mdash; Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) September 4, 2026&#8230;<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=78510&#038;page=three-vehicles-collide-on-sonstraal-road-paarl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon, a sudden manoeuvre on the narrow passage near the Havequa bospad\/ Sonstraal road turnoff caused havoc. 3 vehicles were badly damaged, 2 in the roadside ditch. The DFW responders, so called for, brought a dfw cruiser with 700 liter skid unit and fire extinguishers and the big first aid bags, but luckily only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56150,"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\/793436594_1670026301835734_7022745726693018794_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/793436594_1670026301835734_7022745726693018794_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56149","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=56149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}