Abakhweli abathathu baphulukene nobomi babo kabuhlungu ngethuba kuzanywa ukuphangwa isithuthi sabo kuhola wendlela uN1, kumantla ePitoli, ebusuku ngoLwesihlanu, umhla weshumi elinesixhenxe (17) kweyoMqungu 2025.
Esi sehlo senzeke ngethuba umqhubi weveni emhlophe yohlobo lwe-Mercedes Benz Sprinter emi egxalabeni lika-N1 kufutshane ne-Carousel Toll Plaza ukuze azikhulule. Amadoda amane angaziwayo aphume ematyholweni ahlasela abakhweli.
Kuthiwa aba baphangi babe imali kumaxhoba, ze kwathi ngethuba kusenzeka le ngxwabangxwaba, kwadutyulwa izihlandlo ezibini, nto leyo ebangele ukubhubha kwabakhweli ababini ababekule ndawo.
Amapolisa oMzantsi Afrika aqinisekise ukuba akukabikho mrhanelwa sele ebanjiwe, kwaye uphando ngetyala lokubulala nokuphanga luyaqhubeka.
I-SAPS ikhuphe ingxelo ecebisa uluntu ukuba luhlale luthe qwa ngelixa lusezindleleni, ingakumbi ebusuku. “Uluntu lucetyiswa ukuba luhlale luphaphile ngalo lonke ixesha xa lusebenzisa iindlela kwaye lusoloko lusebenzisa iindawo zokuphumla okanye ukuzikhulula,” balumkise.
Iziganeko zokutyhoboza ezindleleni, apho amatye okanye izinto zibekwe ezindleleni ukuze kunyanzeleke abaqhubi ukuba bamise, zingundaba-mlonyeni okhulayo eRhawutini, ingakumbi ezinzulwini zobusuku okanye ngentsasa.
Ezi ziganeko zihlala zijoliswe kwiindlela ezithuleyo, ezifana no-N4 phakathi kwePitoli kunye neBronkhorstspruit kunye nemimandla emininzi ejikeleze uhola we-N1 kunye no-N14.
IPhondo laseRhawutini lijongene nokwanda okuxhalabisayo kwiziganeko zokukhwela ezindleleni, apho abaphuli-mthetho babeka izinto eziyingozi ezindleleni ukudala ithuba lokukhuthuza. Iindawo ezithandwa kakhulu kule misebenzi ziquka u-N1 phakathi kwe-Maraisburg kunye ne-Soweto Highway, u-N4 kufuphi ne-Bronkhorstspruit, kunye no-N1 ngaphambi nje kwendlela yokuphuma eHammanskraal, phakathi kwezinye.
Ngenxa yezi ziganeko, abasemagunyeni babongoze abaqhubi beemoto ukuba balumke kakhulu, ngakumbi xa beqhuba ezinzulwini zobusuku.
Ngokwe-Independent Online, abezomthetho basaqhubeka nokuphanda ngesi sehlo kodwa abakachongi nabarhanelwa. Amapolisa asebenza ngokuzimisela ukuzisa abo banoxanduva ematyaleni.
Esi siganeko simanyumnyezi sibonisa iingozi abajongene nazo abasebenzisi bendlela, ingakumbi ezinzulwini zobusuku, kwaye sihlaba ikhwelo lokuba uluntu luhlale luphaphile nabezomthetho ukuze kuthintelwe olunye ulwaphulo-mthetho olulolu hlobo.