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CARTED AWAY: The burnt-out vehicle was later removed from the Humewood Golf Club (Fredlin Adriaan) <\/p>\nGolf carts are not unusual sights in bunkers, but a burnt-out vehicle was a first for staff at the Humewood Golf Club in Gqeberha, who discovered the vehicle on Thursday morning while preparing the course for the day.<\/p>\n
It is understood that staff who were cutting grass found the charred vehicle at about 5am.<\/p>\n
By 8am, police were at the scene.<\/p>\n
No-one was inside the vehicle and police later had it loaded onto a truck and removed from the golf course. <\/p>\n
Humewood, a genuine seaside links course, has hosted a number of top tournaments.<\/p>\n
Asked if the discovery of the vehicle was the oddest find in a golf course bunker, an employee at Humewood said it was a first for at the club.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn golf days, when they have T-Box sponsors, many vehicles do end up in bunkers across the world, but it\u2019s the first time we found a burnt-out vehicle in a bunker that shouldn\u2019t be there.\u201d<\/p>\n
CARTED AWAY: The burnt-out vehicle was later removed from the Humewood Golf Club (Fredlin Adriaan) <\/p>\n
Police spokesperson Captain Andre Beetge said the owner of the vehicle had been traced, and no foul play was suspected. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe owner apparently got lost in the dark last night and then got stuck in the sand pit. <\/p>\n
\u201cSAPS Humewood is waiting for the owner to come explain how the vehicle burnt out.\u201d<\/p>\n
A case had not been opened, Beetge said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, within just two days, more than 30 people were arrested on charges of drunk-driving in Nelson Mandela Bay.<\/p>\n
Acting Bay district police commissioner Brigadier Loyiso Ngalo welcomed the positive impact of the roadblocks as part of the SA Police Service\u2019s festive season safety plan.<\/p>\n
The operations were carried out in partnership with traffic services and other law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n
The arrests were made on Monday and Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Ngalo said drunk-driving posed a serious threat to the safety of all road users and would not be tolerated. <\/p>\n
\u201cMotorists are urged to obey traffic laws, act responsibly and ensure they do not place their own lives or those of others at risk.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe SAPS, together with all relevant law enforcement agencies, will continue to work closely together and maintain a strong presence on the roads to ensure a safer festive season for all communities in the Nelson Mandela Bay district.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe SAPS calls on the public to co-operate with law enforcement officials and to report any criminal or reckless behaviour, as collective effort is key to keeping our roads and communities safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Herald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Golf carts are not unusual sights in bunkers, but a burnt-out vehicle was a first for staff at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[153587,153588,153598,49,48,153592,153590,622,153597,153600,20009,153594,153593,44340,153589,153591,153599,153596,82,153595],"class_list":{"0":"post-354741","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-andre-beetge","9":"tag-brendan-timm","10":"tag-burnt-out-vehicle","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-canada","13":"tag-drunk-driving-arrests","14":"tag-festive-season-safety","15":"tag-golf","16":"tag-golf-course-bunker","17":"tag-humewood-golf-club","18":"tag-law-enforcement","19":"tag-law-enforcement-cooperation","20":"tag-nelson-mandela-bay","21":"tag-road-safety","22":"tag-road-safety-nelson-mandela-bay","23":"tag-saps-humewood","24":"tag-saps-investigation","25":"tag-saps-operations","26":"tag-sports","27":"tag-traffic-laws"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}