Oil spill leaves east highway temporarily closed
A video showing a group of people appearing to loot the truck surfaced on Facebook on Wednesday morning.
The N4/N1 highway interchange after Hatfield was temporarily closed on Wednesday morning after a truck shed its load of cooking oil.
“A truck lost its load which was carrying cooking oil buckets. The oil of unknown quantity was spilled on the highway and emergency services were activated together with a cleaning company,” said Tshwane emergency services spokesperson Charles Mabaso.
No injuries were reported.
A video showing a group of people appearing to loot the truck surfaced on Facebook on Wednesday morning.
Tshwane metro police spokesperson Superintendent Isaac Mahamba confirmed the looting incident.
“Tshwane metro police stepped to normalise the situation after members of the public tried to loot the truck,” he said.
“The N4/N1highway off-ramp was still closed around 13:00,” said Mahamba.
Thieves loot from truck after an oopsie moment on N4. Road is closed at N4 and N1 Interchange after Hatfield due to oil spillage from a truck that lost it's load. pic.twitter.com/e9GYbg5Rwk
— SA Trucker (@rsa_trucker) May 5, 2021
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