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N3 accident

2 people dead after container falls on taxi on N3

By Thando Kubheka

Twelve other people have been injured, four of them are critical.

  • A vehicle at the scene of an accident on the N3 on Sunday 6 January. Picture: Free State Health/Twitter

    Investigation underway to determine cause of fatal N3 accident

    Emergency services say a minibus taxi and three other vehicles were involved in the fatal crash on a stretch of that highway between Villiers and the Wilge Toll Plaza on Sunday afternoon.

    1232 days ago
  • Netcare 911 ambulance. Picture: Twitter/@ArriveAlive.

    N3 north after Tugela Plaza closed due to serious accident

    Details around the accident are still sketchy with officials currently on the scene.

    1239 days ago
  • The N3 Toll Concession, working with other organisations and law enforcement officers, has set up a wellness station near Mooi River Plaza. Picture: Thando Kubheka/EWN.

    N3TC puts truck drivers’ health in spotlight over festive season

    The N3 Toll Concession together with other organisations and law enforcement officers set up a wellness station near the Mooi River Plaza earlier on Thursday.

    1263 days ago
  • An aerial view of Van Reenen's Pass which is on the N3 toll route. Picture: N3 Toll Concession Facebook page

    N3 Toll Concession highlights jump in road death toll on route in 2018

    According to the N3 Toll Concession’s Miles Le Roux, at least a hundred crashes occur per month on this busy toll route that stretches from Heidelberg to Durban.

    1265 days ago
  • A general view of traffic on the N3 Toll Concession. Picture: @N3Route/Twitter

    Motorists again urged to be cautious on N3

    The N3 Toll Free Concession has noted with concern the increase in the number of single vehicle crashes along the N3.

    1605 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied

    Van Reenen's Pass closed following fatal collisions

    Three people including a baby have been killed and dozens more injured in two separate crashes on Van Reenen's Pass on the N3 in KwaZulu-Natal.

    1620 days ago
  • 20 people injured in multiple car pile-up. Picture: Twitter/@_ArriveAlive.

    20 injured in N3 crash in Durban

    It’s understood that a truck, a taxi and three other cars collided on Friday morning.

    1746 days ago
  • Robert Banda at Bertha Gxowa Hospital in Germiston. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    It's not anyone's fault, says N3 bridge collapse victim

    Robert Banda was in his vehicle with his wife and their seven-year-old daughter when the bridge fell.

    1746 days ago
  • Experts and removal teams worked throughout the night trying to clear the collapsed N3 bridge and determine the cause of the collapse. Picture: Supplied.

    Ismail Vadi confims N3 Geldenhuys interchange reopened

    The collapsed bridge on the N3 Geldenhuys Interchange has been cleared and the route is open for traffic.

    1747 days ago
  • The scene of the crash on the N3 near the Marlboro Drive off-ramp in Johannesburg. Picture: @EWNTraffic/Twitter

    2 killed in early morning crash on Johannesburg's N3

    It’s understood a truck and car collided early on Tuesday morning and burst into flames.

    1819 days ago
  • Four people were killed when a taxi crashed on the N3 in Pietermaritzburg. Picture: @Netcare911_sa

    At least 4 killed, 11 injured in Pietermaritzburg taxi crash

    Emergency personnel say when they arrived on the scene, they found the taxi on its side in the emergency lane.

    1959 days ago
  • A truck and a vehicle were involved in a fatal accident on the N3 near Harrismith on 23 December 2016. Picture: @Netcare911_sa

    N3 officially reopened following truck, car collision

    Two vehicles collided and burst into flames blocking the flow of traffic along the route for several hours.

    1976 days ago
  • 10 vehicles were involved in a pile up on the N3. Paramedics say five cars and five trucks were involved. Picture: Twitter @_ArriveAlive

    One killed, five seriously injured in N3 pile-up

    Traffic is heavily backed up on the highway between the R23 and the R550.

    2084 days ago
  • MEC for community and safety Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane. Picture: Louise McAuliffe/EWN

    MEC: Fatal N3 accident was caused by high-speed chase

    At least four people were killed when the taxi they were travelling in overturned on the highway.

    2155 days ago
  • A vehicle drove into a river on the N3 South near the Heidelburg Road. Picture: @OF_THE_SOUTH via Twitter.

    Man dies after car plunges into river

    A car drove through the barriers and into a river on the N3 highway near Leondale.

    3228 days ago
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