Officer dies in colllision

A memorial service was held at the Ladysmith SAPS station, after the tragic death of 44 year old inspector Sipho Joseph Khumalo. He had been killed in a head on crash along the N11, just outside Ladysmith.

According to eyewitness, who had rushed from their home, after hearing a loud bang, found the Insp. and his passenger badly injured. "they didn't stand a chance , the only thing we could think of was to call the emergency officials," said one of the eyewitnesses.

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Going the extra mile

RTI officers working along the N3 had to go the extra mile when they assisted children involved in a serious collision along the Van Reenen Route.

One of the RTI officers even took one of the children in her arms to comfort her, while paramedics from the overturned vehicle. According the police a Toyota Corolla and an Iveco Camper were travelling on N3 towards Durban.

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Brutal head-on collision claims two

Motorists, travelling along the N11 were greeted by a gruesome fiery scene on Sunday.

Responding emergency personnel unsuccessfully tried to save the lives of two Dundee men involved in a head on collision.

Anthony Naidoo(45) and Jurgens Medding(46) were killed when their vehicles, a Toyota Corolla and a motorcyle smashed into each other. Naidoo was travelling in the car while meeding was on the motorcycle with his wife.

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Mayor’s tribute

The wreck of a vehicle lies a few feet from the plaque that honoured those that worked hard in making a difference to the ten families at St Chads.

A few days after the official opening and unveiling of the plaque by the Emnambithi/Ladysmith Mayor Councillor DCP Mazibuko and MEC for Local Government Housing and Traditional Affairs, Mr Mike Mabuyakhulu, to honour those that have built ten houses for the ten families of St Chads, a collision almost ruined the progress achieved. According to officials on the scene of the collision, the plaque fell a few inches short of being smashed by the taxi.

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Hail Like No Other..

Damages running into the thousands have been reported in the Pieters Industrial area, after a hail storm reaped havoc on the afternoon of Monday 28 April.

According to police several other areas, like Ezakheni were also affected and that the municipality disaster management will survey the area to determine the hail damages caused, during the freak storm. It is reported that at least 20 cm deep hail laid along the roads of Pieters and that some of the hail was estimated to be the size of chicken eggs.

"The road was closed for approximately 2 hours after the incident to clear the road of the collision and hail. No one was injured in the incident," added Captain Charmaine Struwig.

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