Accidents

Woman injured after driving off bridge

KwaZulu-Natal: At 06H33 Friday morning Netcare 911 responded to reports of a collision on the M4 Tongaat River North of Durban.

Reports from the scene indicate that the driver of a light motor vehicle lost control resulting in the vehicle leaving the road crashing through the safety barrier coming to rest upside down in the Lagoon.

M4 Tongaat River accident

The patient, an adult female had sustained moderate injuries and was treated on scene before being transported by Netcare 911 ambulance to the hospital for further treatment.

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In Other News – Witbank pensioner kidnapped from home still missing after eight days

It has been more than a week since a 65-year-old woman was kidnapped from her home in the Lynnville township in Witbank, Mpumalanga, and has not been seen since. Police spokesperson Capt Eddie Hall said Thembi Mthombeni was taken by two men on May 6.

One male is known to the family,” he said. The known suspect, however, has not yet been located by police. Hall said the assailants left the house with Mthombeni and placed her in a white double-cab bakkie with no canopy. Its registration is unknown.

SAPS

She has not been seen or heard from since,” said Hall. Mthombeni’s kidnapping was witnessed by her elderly mother who was allegedly assaulted by one of the kidnappers before they left. read more

Source – Shawn Herbst