{"id":49992,"date":"2020-08-27T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T07:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/witnesses-sought-20200826-4\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T07:49:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T05:49:51","slug":"witnesses-sought-20200826-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/witnesses-sought-20200826-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Witnesses sought"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_a18b4126\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9162\/0eced9e50f104b3684261de26aa50abc.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9162\/426d82807249422b882adbf35164f837.jpg\" title=\"The fatal accident in which Gavin Kriel (21) was killed. It occurred on August 9 at about 17:00. 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