{"id":53580,"date":"2025-04-17T12:43:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T10:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peexpress\/?p=53580"},"modified":"2025-04-17T13:31:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T11:31:03","slug":"death-toll-on-r75-rises-following-accident-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peexpress\/death-toll-on-r75-rises-following-accident-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Death toll on R75 rises following accident today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A culpable homicide case was opened by SAPS KwaZakhele following a fatal accident involving a vehicle and a pedestrian that happened today, April 17, in Zwide. This incident is the fourth pedestrian to be fatally hit in three separate incidents by a vehicle on the R75 in just one month, as previously reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peexpress\/fatal-accident-reports-rise-on-r75-route\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJts8xleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHvpbS6gGMUTlLQ808aDsYsgPwt6U0Jm4fCy5zn69CUfHw0Rnagl-bOFrrejl_aem_WnIu0pr2U7DwxJNJXEaR6Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>PE Express<\/em><\/a> this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to SAPS spokesperson Sandra Janse Van Rensburg, it is alleged that at approximately 06:50 this morning, the driver of a maroon Renault Kwid was travelling from KwaDwesi towards Algoa Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;At the intersection of the R75 and Johnson Road, in front of Khwezi Lomso Comprehensive School, the vehicle overturned and went through the fence of the school situated on the corner. 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