{"id":134202,"date":"2019-04-08T08:33:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T06:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/durban-tow-truck-driver-shot-dead\/"},"modified":"2019-04-08T08:33:35","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T06:33:35","slug":"durban-tow-truck-driver-shot-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/durban-tow-truck-driver-shot-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Durban tow truck driver shot dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2019\/04\/08\/Durban_tow_truck_driver_shot_dead\/\">Durban tow truck driver shot dead<\/a>: Durban &#8211; A Durban tow truck driver was shot dead by unknown assailants in Phoenix on Sunday afternoon, paramedics said. Netcare 911 paramedics were alerted late on Sunday afternoon to reports of a shooting on the corner of Northern and Sunford drives in Phoenix, Durban, Netcare 911 spokesman Shawn Herbst said. &#8220;Reports from the scene indicate that an adult male tow truck operator was shot when a white car approached him and opened fire.&#8221; The man was assessed on the scene by medics, but he showed no signs of life and was declared dead on the scene. 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