{"id":57399,"date":"2026-10-08T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T08:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/n1-gyser-near-astron-garage-partially-closed-following-fatal-crash\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T10:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T08:00:04","slug":"n1-gyser-near-astron-garage-partially-closed-following-fatal-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/n1-gyser-near-astron-garage-partially-closed-following-fatal-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"N1 Gyser near Astron Garage partially closed following fatal crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety advises motorists that traffic on the N1 at Gyser, near Astron Garage in the Capricorn District, is moving slowly following a serious crash that occurred last night.<\/p>\n

A truck transporting passengers and goods reportedly experienced a tyre puncture and subsequently overturned, causing significant obstruction on the N1.<\/p>\n

The road is partially closed. One lane from Mokopane towards Polokwane is currently open to traffic. Two lanes in the North-to-South direction, as well as part of the South-to-North lane, are obstructed.Traffic officials are at the scene controlling traffic.<\/p>\n

Preliminary reports indicate that three females, aged between 26 and 35 years, sustained fatal injuries in the crash.<\/p>\n

The male driver and three children sustained injuries and were transported to hospital for medical attention.<\/p>\n

The preliminary investigation indicates that the possible cause of the crash was a tyre puncture. Overloading is also being…<\/p>\n

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The Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety advises motorists that traffic on the N1 at Gyser, near Astron Garage in the Capricorn District, is moving slowly following a serious crash that occurred last night. A truck transporting passengers and goods reportedly experienced a tyre puncture and subsequently overturned, causing significant obstruction on the N1. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57400,"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\/840600273_1653086333525803_829903132622920145_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[339],"class_list":["post-57399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-limpopo"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/840600273_1653086333525803_829903132622920145_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57399","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=57399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}