Tshwane close Centurion bridge

Motorist have been warned not to use John Vorster Drive and End Street. Image: Twitter/@TshwaneESD1

WATCH: Tshwane emergency services close End Street Bridge in Centurion due to rain [Video]

Tshwane emergency services closed streets and the End Street Bridge in Centurion

Tshwane close Centurion bridge

Motorist have been warned not to use John Vorster Drive and End Street. Image: Twitter/@TshwaneESD1

Watch Tshwane Emergency Service Department has close the End Street bridge in Centurion from all directions and has asked people not to remove the barricades indicating it is closed.

WATCH: STREET BRIDGE CLOSED IN CENTURION END

Tshwane Emergency services Deputy Chief Charles Mabaso warned motorists that the End Street Bridge in Centurion is also close to motorists driving 4×4 vehicles and asked that they not even attempt to go over the bridge.

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Tshwane close roads Bridge
Due to heavy rains and floods, Rabie Street and John Vorster Drive were closed from Monday morning, 13 February. Image: Twitter/@TshwaneESD1

Mabaso says a vehicle is trapped on Rodger Dyson Street on the corner of Industrial Road in Pretoria Industrial.

He said there was also flooding at Rooihuiskraal and warned motorists to be extra careful.

CENTURION END STREET BRIDE CLOSE FROM ALL DIRECTIONS

Tshwane End Street Bridge closed
Tshwane Emergency Services closed the End Street Bridge in Centurion due to floods. Image supplied

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Avoid these streets in Tshwane:

  • End Street
  • John Vorster Drive
  • Rabie Street
  • Robert Dyson Street

Meanwhile, Tshwane emergency services recovered the body of a man who had been swept away in the Apies River on Friday, 10 February 2023.

Mabaso said the man’s body was recovered by the South African Police K9 Diving Unit on Sunday afternoon, 12 February 2023, in the vicinity of the Wonderboom Junction.

Watch End Street Bridge in Centurion has been closed, and motorists are warned not to attempt to use the road. Video: Facebook/TESD

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Emergency services are working right through the heavy rainfall in the City of Tshwane, searching for the person since last week Thursday afternoon around 13:30, 9 February 2023

THE SECOND PERSON SWEPT AWAY IN APIES RIVER IN TSHWANE

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“This is the second incident in the vicinity of the Pretoria Zoo in less than a week. Another man drowned when the river swept him away on Friday, 3 February 2023. His body was recovered in Pretoria North on Saturday, 4 February 2023,” says Emergency Services Deputy Chief Thabo Charles Mabaso.

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