A motorcyclist and a passenger injured after the motorcycle they were travelling on was struck by a bakkie in Kwa-Zulu Natal.

A motorcyclist and a passenger injured after the motorcycle they were travelling on was struck by a bakkie in Kwa-Zulu Natal. Image via Facebook/ Reaction Unit South Africa

Two injured when a motorcycle and a bakkie collided

A motorcyclist and a passenger injured after the motorcycle they were travelling on was struck by a bakkie in Kwa-Zulu Natal.

A motorcyclist and a passenger injured after the motorcycle they were travelling on was struck by a bakkie in Kwa-Zulu Natal.

A motorcyclist and a passenger injured after the motorcycle they were travelling on was struck by a bakkie in Kwa-Zulu Natal. Image via Facebook/ Reaction Unit South Africa

Two people were hospitalised after the motorcycle they were travelling on was struck by a bakkie on Nyla Road in Canelands, KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday morning, 29 March.

According to Arrive Alive, members of Reaction Unit South Africa (Rusa) were called out to the scene at approximately 06:54.

THE BAKKIE WAS MAKING A U-TURN

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“On arrival Reaction Officers were informed that a Big Boy motorcycle was struck a green NP 300 bakkie that was making a u-turn. The motorcyclist and his passenger were propelled several meters in the air. The two men sustained moderate injuries and were transported to hospital by ambulance,” said the report.

It added that the driver of the bakkie was not injured.

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Picture of a motorcycle that collided with the bakkie. Image via Facebook/ Reaction Unit South Africa

POLICE LOOKING FOR AMISSING 20 MONTHS OLD TODDLER

In an unrelated incident, the police in Hartbeespoortdam requested the community’s assistance to help search for a 20-month-old toddler who went missing after playing with other children at the Sapas Farm compound in Skeerpoort on Wednesday, 29 March 2023.

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It is alleged that at about 07:00, the toddler’s mother left him under the care of the nanny and went to work. It is further alleged that later during the said day, the nanny realised that the child is missing from other children he was playing with.

ANYONE WITH INFORMATION URGED TO CALL THEIR NEAREST POLICE STATION

The nanny then searched for him around the neighbourhood, but he was never found. When the mother returned home, the community was mobilised and a search was conducted around the vicinity of Skeerpoort without any success.

Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts can contact the Investigating Officer, Detective Constable Andrew Bogoshi of Brits Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit at 082 557 1904.

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