{"id":51869,"date":"2023-08-23T14:51:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T12:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/one-killed-20-injured-in-accident-on-notorious-r31-road-20230823\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T15:33:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:33:18","slug":"one-killed-20-injured-in-accident-on-notorious-r31-road-20230823","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/one-killed-20-injured-in-accident-on-notorious-r31-road-20230823\/","title":{"rendered":"One killed, 20 injured in accident on notorious R31 road"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One person was killed on Wednesday morning, 23 August, and 20 others were injured when a minibus and a light motor vehicle collided head-on on the R31 between Kuruman and Hotazel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russell Meiring, ER24 communications officer, said ER24 and several other services arrived on the scene after 07:00 to find a minibus and a light motor vehicle on the side of the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_b025bcbe\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9151\/a1060254cb7d47029e930ac2e971916a.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/b61f064763324c188703428bd4be2be9.jpg\" title=\"Another major accident took place on the R31 road between Kuruman and Hotazel on Wednesday morning, 23 August. 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