{"id":57692,"date":"2026-10-27T02:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T00:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/newly-purchased-car-overturns-with-family-on-board-osindisweni-kzn\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T02:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T00:15:08","slug":"newly-purchased-car-overturns-with-family-on-board-osindisweni-kzn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/newly-purchased-car-overturns-with-family-on-board-osindisweni-kzn\/","title":{"rendered":"Newly Purchased Car Overturns With Family On Board: Osindisweni \u2013 KZN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A vehicle purchased hours earlier overturned into a ditch while transporting six (6) family members on New Glasgow Road in Osindisweni &ndash; KZN yesterday afternoon (Sunday 25\/10\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) received a call for assistance at approximately 21:53. Reaction Officers were dispatched and, on arrival, found a black Ford Figo lying on its roof below road level near the junction of Himalaya Road.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old driver stated that a vehicle ahead stopped abruptly while he was travelling towards the Verulam CBD &ndash; KZN. He swerved to avoid it, lost control and veered off the road. He said he had purchased the car that day and was taking his family to purchase food.<\/p>\n<p>The driver sustained abrasions to his head and a finger. Two (2) passengers, aged 16 and 18, complained of body pain. Three (3) children, aged 9, 11 and 13, reportedly escaped injury.<\/p>\n<p>Paramedics treated the occupants before transporting all six (6) to hospital for further assessment. The&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=78980&#038;page=newly-purchased-car-overturns-with-family-on-board-osindisweni-kzn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A vehicle purchased hours earlier overturned into a ditch while transporting six (6) family members on New Glasgow Road in Osindisweni &ndash; KZN yesterday afternoon (Sunday 25\/10\/2026). Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) received a call for assistance at approximately 21:53. Reaction Officers were dispatched and, on arrival, found a black Ford Figo lying on its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57693,"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\/867663627_1573328128154274_4541955788989051791_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[66,2152],"class_list":["post-57692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-kwazulu-natal","tag-kzn"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/867663627_1573328128154274_4541955788989051791_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57692","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=57692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}