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Traffic on Van Riebeeck Road is backed up this afternoon, <\/span>following an accident involving a truck. Although details are scant at present,<\/span> <\/span>traffic officials have been
\ndispatched to the scene.<\/span><\/o_p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Captain Isaac van Niekerk says
\nthat no deaths were reported in the aftermath of the<\/span> collision.<\/span><\/o_p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInjuries will be
\ncommunicated once they are confirmed,\u201d he says.<\/span><\/o_p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier, a Facebook user has warned motorists in<\/span> <\/span>Eersteriver, Bluedowns and Blackheath to steer clear of a taxi
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At the time of publishing the
\narticle, it was not clear whether it was this taxi that\u2019s involved<\/span> in the accident.<\/span><\/o_p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a developing story and
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