Search for ‘gold’ brings M2 traffic to a halt
People were seen near the Cleveland off-ramp picking up what they believed were gold.
Traffic on the M2 east was backed-up this afternoon after a truck lost its load which bystanders described as “gold”.
Apparently a truck overturned on the M2 highway from Johannesburg carrying Gold the free way is packed of people picking up gold bits #goldrush pic.twitter.com/1JH9D6YCJt
— Shephard (@ShephardStulla) February 13, 2018
Also read: Spikes and stones on M2 freeway
🚨 There has been traffic chaos on the M2 east highway in Johannesburg as commuters search for what they said was gold, spilled from a truck.
— Road Traffic Management Corporation (@TrafficRTMC) February 13, 2018
Numerous people were seen near the Cleveland offramp picking up what they believed were gold.
As a result traffic was backed up between Cleveland and Joe Slovo off-ramps.
@TrafficSA people are mining on the highway M2 east pic.twitter.com/waW6wuGk9m
— Leswene… (@modikwe5) February 13, 2018
M2 East a mess. People everywhere looking for what they say is pieces of Gold on the side of the highway. Lots of cars parked on the side #CityOfGold
— DJ Keyez 🤴🏾 (@djkeyez) February 13, 2018
People looking for rocks containing gold on the M2 highway in Joburg after a truck lost its load. pic.twitter.com/jLE98DtBjv
— Ihsaan Haffejee (@Ihsaan_Haffo) February 13, 2018
