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[PICTURES] Car overturns on Veldspaat Street after making a u-turn to avoid traffic

Emergency services and traffic officials were quick to the scene to attend to those injured.

POLOKWANE – Injuries were sustained and emergency services on scene of an accident on Veldspaat Street this morning, 6 June.

With motorists seemingly frustrated an impatient by a backup of traffic, a witness to the accident told Review that a motorist attempted to make a u-turn on Veldspaat, not seeing an oncoming vehicle and caused a t-bone collision and the car to overturn on its roof.

“There was another vehicle that was also travelling on Veldspaat that had to swerve in order to avoid the accident and I had to think quick and move on to the gravel road to avoid causing another accident,” she said.

The accident occurred just outside the Aloes. Emergency services and traffic officials were quick to the scene to attend to those injured.

“People were just making u-turns without being aware of their surroundings and other motorists,” another witness told Review.

Despite police and Transnet employees present near the railway, the reason for their presence is unknown, although reports suggest that the cause of the backup was due to flyers being handed out.

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon. – Tom Stoppard

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