GEORGE NEWS - The section of the Outeniqua Pass between the Montagu Pass turn-off and the circle at the Engen garage near Virgin Active is closed for traffic.
Recovery crews are struggling in wet conditions to remove the fourteen-wheeler mobile crane that plunged into the Malgas River in this section of the pass on Sunday.
Traffic to and from Oudtshoorn is being diverted through Blanco.
Motorists are reminded to keep to the speed limit on the Outeniqua Pass as this road is known to be slippery in wet conditions.
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