{"id":57473,"date":"2026-10-13T13:15:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T11:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/the-durban-metro-police-service-confirms-that-a-serious-crash-involving-four-vehicles-on-the-m4-northbound-near-hyper-by-the-sea\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T13:15:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T11:15:03","slug":"the-durban-metro-police-service-confirms-that-a-serious-crash-involving-four-vehicles-on-the-m4-northbound-near-hyper-by-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/the-durban-metro-police-service-confirms-that-a-serious-crash-involving-four-vehicles-on-the-m4-northbound-near-hyper-by-the-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"The Durban Metro Police Service confirms that a serious crash involving four vehicles on the M4 Northbound, near Hyper by the Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Durban Metro Police Service confirms that a serious crash involving four vehicles occurred at about 08h45 on Tuesday, 13 October 2026, on the M4 Northbound, near Hyper by the Sea.<\/p>\n<p>Initial reports indicate that a bakkie travelling north overturned and landed in the path of oncoming traffic, resulting in a collision involving other vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, one woman travelling in a light motor vehicle was declared dead. No serious injuries have been reported among the other occupants.<\/p>\n<p>The Fire Department arrived promptly and extinguished the fire after the bakkie caught fire.<\/p>\n<p>Durban Metro Police North, Search and Rescue, SAPS, eThekwini Fire Department, ALS Paramedics and Life Response are at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Traffic is being diverted at Riverside. Motorists are advised to use alternative routes and approach the area with caution.<\/p>\n<p>The SAPS Collision Unit is investigating the cause of the crash. The deceased will be removed from the vehicle once the investigation at the scene has been&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=78848&#038;page=the-durban-metro-police-service-confirms-that-a-serious-crash-involving-four-vehicles-on-the-m4-northbound-near-hyper-by-the-sea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Durban Metro Police Service confirms that a serious crash involving four vehicles occurred at about 08h45 on Tuesday, 13 October 2026, on the M4 Northbound, near Hyper by the Sea. Initial reports indicate that a bakkie travelling north overturned and landed in the path of oncoming traffic, resulting in a collision involving other vehicles. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57474,"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\/845819589_959725533360703_6476408162493986823_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/845819589_959725533360703_6476408162493986823_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57473","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=57473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}