{"id":52160,"date":"2023-02-01T06:00:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/one-dies-in-accident-near-melkbosstrand-20230131-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T21:10:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T19:10:37","slug":"one-dies-in-accident-near-melkbosstrand-20230131-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/one-dies-in-accident-near-melkbosstrand-20230131-2\/","title":{"rendered":"One dies in accident near Melkbosstrand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An accident on the M19 at the Mamre Road intersection near Melkbosstrand claimed the life of a passenger on Saturday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was after a collision between two vehicles with a total of eight passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Community Medics who rushed to the scene, seven of the passengers were transported by various ambulance services to nearby hospitals, \u201cbut sadly one patient was declared deceased on the 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