WATCH | Looters carry off goods from crashed truck in Johannesburg

08 May 2018 - 12:40 By TimesLIVE

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Community members looted a truck after it was involved in an accident near Protea Glen, in Johannesburg on Tuesday.

The accident occurred just after the Abubaker Asvat Drive on the N12 West, causing a backlog of traffic.

Traffic Alert. 20180508. 08h10.
N12 near the 2 Sasol garages at Protea Glen / Zuurbekom. 3 Trucks in MVA. Public looting also reported. Law enforcement backup enroute.
N12 blocked near R558@GP_CommSafety @EWNTraffic @_ArriveAlive @TrafficSA @EWNTraffic @gpdrt pic.twitter.com/DewvwvRp8P
— GTP_Traffstats (@GTP_Traffstats) May 8, 2018

#JHBTraffic In Protea Glen there has been an accident on the N12 West after the Abubaker Asvat Drive pic.twitter.com/MHU4Ic0LIj
— EWN Traffic (@EWNTraffic) May 8, 2018

Last week, six people appeared in the Mooi River Magistrate's Court on Wednesday for allegedly stealing meat‚ bread‚ peanut butter‚ mayonnaise and tissues off trucks during the weekend's violent protests that closed the N3 freeway.