{"id":917225,"date":"2022-01-18T07:23:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T07:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/18\/durbanites-expect-delays-as-truck-overturns-on-n2-spilling-40-000-litres-of-paraffin\/"},"modified":"2022-01-18T07:23:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T07:23:01","slug":"durbanites-expect-delays-as-truck-overturns-on-n2-spilling-40-000-litres-of-paraffin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/18\/durbanites-expect-delays-as-truck-overturns-on-n2-spilling-40-000-litres-of-paraffin\/","title":{"rendered":"Durbanites expect delays as truck overturns on N2 spilling 40\u00a0000 litres of paraffin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Durban: Motorists are urged to plan their trips as major traffic delays are expected following a paraffin spillage on the N2 highway just after midnight. <\/p>\n

According to Durban metro police spokesperson Parbhoo Sewpersad, a truck carrying over 40 000 litres of paraffin overturned on the N2 southbound, near Queen Nandi Drive. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The freeway was closed to traffic. <\/p>\n

However, by 8am on Tuesday, only the fast lane was still closed as workers were still cleaning up. <\/p>\n

Sewpersad said despite the freeway now being open, there were major traffic delays on all major routes, including the M19, M4 Ruth First Highway, Inanda Road, M41 and R102. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe are now dealing with accidents on the diversion routes. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are appealing to motorists to use alternate routes, plan their trips and exercise extreme caution and patience. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a huge backlog of traffic and it will take some time before traffic is flowing smoothly again.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sewpersad said the cause of the accident would be investigated. <\/p>\n

According to Garrith Jamieson, ALS Paramedics Medical Service arrived on the scene to find that a truck had, overturned crossing the median and colliding with a biker and another vehicle. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe biker sustained critical injuries and was stabilised on the scene by Advanced Life Support Paramedics before being rushed through to a nearby Durban hospital for the further treatment that he required.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jamieson said the truck driver and the driver of the bakkie were not injured. <\/p>\n

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Durban: Motorists are urged to plan their trips as major traffic delays are expected following a paraffin spillage on the N2 highway just after midnight. According to Durban metro police spokesperson Parbhoo Sewpersad, a truck carrying over 40 000 litres of paraffin overturned on the N2 southbound, near Queen Nandi Drive. The freeway was closed to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-917225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}