{"id":59316,"date":"2018-09-14T10:59:51","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T08:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/train-accident-leaves-two-injured-20180914\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T17:41:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T15:41:57","slug":"train-accident-leaves-two-injured-20180914","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/train-accident-leaves-two-injured-20180914\/","title":{"rendered":"Train accident leaves two injured"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"e2dc413f\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/7793\/6882c126293b49c1a701f86da7c5c39b.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/c74487b6e9104281ae6db5eb3264863f.jpg\" title=\"Two men were injured on Monday (10\/09) morning when the truck they were travelling in was hit by a train while the truck was crossing the tracks near the President Brand Mine outside Welkom. \"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Two men were injured on Monday (10\/09) morning when the truck they were travelling in was hit by a train while the truck was crossing the tracks near the President Brand Mine outside Welkom. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Two men were injured on Monday (10\/09) morning when the truck they were travelling in was hit by a train while the truck was crossing the tracks near the President Brand Mine outside Welkom.&nbsp;<br>\u201cER24 paramedics, along with other services, found the wrecked truck upside down on the tracks in front of the train,\u201d says Russel Meiring of ER24.<br>&nbsp;\u201cParamedics found two men trapped inside the truck. They had sustained moderate injuries, and were treated on the scene before being transported to hospitals by other emergency services.\u201d&nbsp;<br>Capt. Stephen Thakeng, spokesperson for the Welkom Police Cluster, confirms the accident.&nbsp;<br>\u201cA case of reckless driving is being investigated,\u201d says Thakeng.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two men were injured on Monday (10\/09) morning when the truck they were travelling in was hit by a train while the truck was crossing the tracks near the President Brand Mine outside Welkom.<br \/>\n\u201cER24 paramedics, along with other services, found the wrecked truck upside down on the tracks in front of the train,\u201d says Russel Meiring of ER24.<br \/>\n \u201cParamedics found two men trapped inside the truck. They had sustained moderate injuries, and were treated on the scene before being transported to hospitals by other emergency services.\u201d<br \/>\nCapt. 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