{"id":48453,"date":"2021-08-02T12:18:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T10:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/man-dies-after-being-dragged-underneath-car-20210802\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:56:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T07:56:32","slug":"man-dies-after-being-dragged-underneath-car-20210802","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/man-dies-after-being-dragged-underneath-car-20210802\/","title":{"rendered":"Man dies after being dragged underneath car"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_83ad6b63\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo for illustration\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10312\/c9cc053a1a1945b6ab1509e12455e903.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10312\/ff9340e254d1452494905338ba9c68ba.jpg\" title=\"Photo for illustration\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Photo for illustration<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A man died last night, Sunday, August 1 after he was dragged underneath a car in Durban Street, Kariega just before 21:00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The driver of the vehicle allegedly left a club in this street and as he was driving off, he was stopped by a witness who informed him that there was someone being dragged underneath his moving vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police spokesperson, Capt. 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