Couple critical after crash
16 July 2008 | From Arrive Alive
3 July 2008
Durban - A husband and wife are fighting for their lives in the intensive care unit at Umhlanga hospital following an accident on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast, paramedics said on Thursday.
Joseph Kruger, spokesperson for Mounties Ambulance Service said a truck apparently rear-ended the couple's car on the N2 Durban-bound freeway between Gingindlovu and Mandini on Wednesday. They were trapped inside and had to be cut out.
"The husband and wife were both critically injured," said Kruger.
The occupants of the truck were unhurt.
12 Apr 2025 | From Arrive Alive
Just after 16:00, the Volunteer Emergency Medical Response Unit team was alerted to an aircraft accident in the Boschkop area of Pretoria.
On arrival we found a small one-seater airplane that had crashed in a veld, the pilot was assessed and found to have sustained fatal injuries and was declared
12 Apr 2025 | From Arrive Alive
On Saturday afternoon, a single vehicle travelling on the P710 near Sundumbili, lost control, crashing into a garden and narrowly missing a home.
The accident left five people injured, with injuries ranging from minor to serious. Two occupants with minor injuries and two occupants with moderate injuries,
12 Apr 2025 | From Arrive Alive
ECSA crews responded to a serious motor vehicle accident involving two vehicles. The collision was so severe that both vehicles crashed through the walls of two residential properties.
Upon arrival, ECSA teams immediately secured the scene, ensuring that no occupants were trapped and that both vehicles
12 Apr 2025 | From Arrive Alive
The MEC for Community Safety, Roads and Transport (CSR&T), Mr Jabu Mbalula, officially launched the 2025 Easter Road Safety Campaign on 12 April 2025 along the N1 in Kroonstad, within the Moqhaka Local Municipality.
The launch began with a roadblock in the morning, followed by a stakeholder briefing
12 Apr 2025 | From Arrive Alive
Verulam, Ottawa Area – Friday, 11 April 2025
Two individuals sustained serious burn injuries following an explosion at a scrapyard in the Ottawa Area, Verulam, on Friday afternoon.
The KZNVIP Emergency Control Centre received multiple emergency calls from concerned residents and nearby business
12 Apr 2025 | From Arrive Alive
Four male suspects (aged 20-39) were arrested in connection with a murder that occurred in Yeoville, Johannesburg, on April 9, 2025.
Following a 48-hour manhunt by the JMPD's Tactical Response Unit (TRU) and Integrated Intelligence Operations Centre (IIOC), the suspects were located and apprehended
12 Apr 2025 | From Arrive Alive
"As law enforcement officers, you must have no mercy on those committing the following offenses:-
1. Drinking and driving: South Africa has the highest number of alcohol-related road traffic deaths at 57.5%. We have orphans, widows and families that have been destroyed as a result of one drunkard.
12 Apr 2025 | From Arrive Alive
The multi-disciplinary forces of Operation Vala Umgodi have made significant strides in the fight against illegal mining activities. This follows the arrest of 264 suspects for illegal mining activities as well as for contravention of the Immigration Act during the month of March 2025.
Amongst the
12 Apr 2025 | From Arrive Alive
The Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (C-BRTA), under the leadership of the Department of Transport (DoT), will be taking the Cross-Alive Road Safety Campaign to the Eastern Cape Province on 14 April 2025 to promote road safety in an effort to ensure safe transportation of passengers and goods during
11 Apr 2025 | From Arrive Alive
One (1) person has been shot dead & a second person is in a critical condition after a gunman opened fire at a car wash in Grangetown in Verulam - KZN this afternoon (Friday).
Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) received multiple calls reporting a shooting in progress on High Street at 15:25. Reaction
11 Apr 2025 | From Arrive Alive
Just after 15:15 on Friday Afternoon ALS Paramedics responded to a Fatal single vehicle crash on Inanda Road towards Waterfall, West of Durban.
Paramedics arrived on the scene to find carnage as they found the single vehicle badly damaged in the roadway. The driver and believed to be the only occupant
11 Apr 2025 | From Arrive Alive
Vehicle fire at Northbound Blue Lagoon
Please stay clear Fire Departme mobile
Nettow on scene.
11 Apr 2025 | From Arrive Alive
I'm thrilled to share that the collaborative efforts between the South African Police Service (SAPS) and our City's Safety and Security Directorate have led to a significant breakthrough!
On Friday, April 11, 2025, our teams successfully conducted an operation in Delft, resulting in the arrest
11 Apr 2025 | From Arrive Alive
With South Africa’s roads expected to be especially busy and hazardous over the Easter period, the Vehicle Testing Association (VTA), a proud association of the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI), is once again running its annual Free Safety Campaign from 11 April to 17 April 2025.
As
11 Apr 2025 | From Arrive Alive
Ahead of the busy Easter period, the Automobile Association (AA), in partnership with the Free State Community Safety, Roads and Transport Department (FSCSR&T), the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) and MasterDrive, will launch a road safety awareness and education campaign.
The
11 Apr 2025 | From Arrive Alive
As Easter weekend approaches, along with another two potential long weekends after that, many drivers may be embarking on holiday trips. Needless to say, South Africans can expect increased traffic on the roads and for the period to again have the second highest road fatality rate.
April is also
11 Apr 2025 | From Arrive Alive
Inkosi Mhlabunzima Maphumulo House: As we are approaching the Easter Holiday and Passover weekend, we have decided to launch an intensive and multi-disciplinary road safety campaign tomorrow, 11 April 2025 under Mandeni Local Municipality.
This is the period associated with a high rate of road accidents
11 Apr 2025 | From Arrive Alive
MAHIKENG - The breaks of a 50 seater bus transporting 48 learners from Lapologang Secondary School in Montshioa, Mahikeng failed resulting in it hitting a state vehicle from behind.
The accident occurred on a busy intersection near Mega City Shopping Centre on Thursday afternoon. Neither of the two