The Germiston SAPS is warning truck drivers to find alternative routes due to the amount of robberies occurring on Knights Road.
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The robberies take place after trucks get stuck under the bridge near the Good Hope informal settlement due to the fact that the height restriction sign warning truck drivers of the specific height requirement for their vehicle has been removed by criminals.
Const Maxwell Mabunda, communications officer for the Germiston SAPS, said, “The height restriction sign has been replaced by the municipality many times, but the people in the area come and take it down or paint over it and then the trucks get stuck.
“Once the vehicle is stuck, criminals come along and rob the drivers.”
Truck drivers are urged to avoid the road.
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