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Truck drivers involved in Van Reenen crash treated, fire doused Updated Andrew Robertson Share this: Paramedics have treated both truck drivers involved in a collision on the Van Reenen's Pass this morning.  Supplied The truck fire on the N3 at Van Reenen’s Pass has been put out. Clean-up operations have now begun.   A tanker and another heavy-duty vehicle collided this morning.  Both trucks caught alight, resulting in the road being closed.  It caused a 10km back-up in the southbound carriageway - while traffic was backed up for six kays in the opposite direction. The N3 Toll Conces...

WATCH: Serious collision leaves 18 injured, two critical in northern KZN Updated Nomfundo Ngcobo Steve Bhengu The crash on the N2 near uMfolozi involved a minibus and a bakkie. The accident has resulted in severe traffic backlog. Supplied 18 people were hurt and two of them critically injured in an accident uMkhanyakude in northern KZN pic.twitter.com/plWf3IXlHJ— ECR_Newswatch (@ECR_Newswatch) March 12, 2021

Police departments get new tool to reduce overdose deaths: fentanyl test strips The strips can make users aware that the deadly opioid is present in drugs they are taking so they can take precautions. Share An unidentified man preparing to inject heroin adds some of the diluted drug to a mixing container in this photo taken in New York in 2018. A blue and white fentanyl test strip inserted into the mixing container will indicate whether it contains fentanyl. Associated Press Seven Maine police departments are getting a new tool they hope will reduce the number of fatal drug overdoses in the...

PIERS FULLER/Stuff Masterton ratepayer Robert Mackenzie says the town can't afford a $35 million civic centre and revamp. “Why they have pulled out over the earthquake red tape stuff is a load of rubbish. It’s lasted 100 years and hasn’t collapsed.” “Sure a civic centre would be great - it’s paying for it that’s the problem. What we need first and foremost in town is clean drinking water and sewage that doesn’t pollute the rivers.” Mackenzie said in 15 years he would be a pensioner, and he wouldn’t be able to afford his rates. “If we’re not working ... the rates ar...

Media release: Elite mountain bike racer, Mikayla Parton, wins Youth Mountain Award The festival’s youth ambassador award, established in 2015, celebrates adventurous young people, the landscapes they choose to explore and the outdoor pursuits in which they excel. The young winner needs to have shown resilience and determination to succeed within their chosen area of expertise, shown results through their own efforts and ideas, given back to their community, whilst being thought of as an example of excellence by others. Mikayla Parton epitomises these winning principles perfectly. Her meteo...