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SIX people died and nine were injured in accidents in what has been described as a ‘black’ weekend on local roads.
Road carnage claims six
SIX people died and nine were injured in accidents in what has been described as a ‘black’ weekend on local roads.
Four of the dead were killed in three separate accidents on Saturday. Two people died in a head-on collision on Kingsway on Saturday night at about 7.30pm. They were Maureen and Johnny van Niekerk. Earlier in the day a woman died and six passengers were seriously injured when the car in which they were travelling left the road and plunged 10 metres over a bridge near Umgababa.
Penny breaks games record
TOTI’s Penny Heyns set a new Commonwealth Games record on Monday in the 100m breaststroke heat.
Penny is considered to be South Africa’s realistic swimming medal hope at the games. However, her record only held for minutes, when in the next heat, Penny’s time of 1.10.22 was beaten by Australia’s Rebecca Brown in 1.10.10.
Big dagga haul
MEMBERS of the Toti SAPS crime prevention unit arrested two suspects and seized 4,6kg of dagga last Tuesday.
The arrests were made near the old Toti drive in at about 9.30am. The dagga, wrapped in individual paper parcels, is thought to have originated in the Umbumbulu area. In another incident, Kingsburgh Protection Services officers arrested two men in Winklespruit on Monday for dealing in and possessing dagga.
Laser devices are not used
LOCAL traffic authorities do not use the laser speed trapping devices that have recently come under fire from the Automotive Association.
Terry Lang, chief of Kingsburgh Protection Services, said his department is planning to wait for the outcome of tests and to see what the courts decide on the laser device. Kingsburgh Protection Services currently use radar and the Truvello device – the system that consists of two strips placed across a road.
Houses burn at Folweni
NINE houses were set alight in the Folweni area last week.
A spokesperson for Toti Fire Department said it was assumed that the fires were caused by petrol bombs. The incidents happened at about 1.30am on Friday. “All nine homes were severely damaged,” said the spokesperson. No-one was injured in the incidents and it is believed the residents had been warned of the attack.
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