Woman killed in crash with hijackers
2013-03-05 09:08
Cape Town - A woman died when her car was hit by hijackers
in a high speed chase with the police, it was reported on Tuesday.
Corne Welman, 41, was on her way to work early on Monday
when the two hijackers skipped a red traffic light and hit her car on the
corner of Buitengracht and Strand streets, The Cape Times reported.
The hijackers, from Nyanga and Philippi, were arrested at
the scene. They had head injuries.
ER24 spokesperson Derrick Banks told the newspaper another
person was seriously injured in the crash.
Police spokesperson Captain Frederick van Wyk told the
newspaper the flying squad had responded to a call about a green Toyota Avanza
hijacked in Nyanga.
"The vehicle was travelling towards Cape Town when the
flying squad members caught up with [it] close to the fire station in Cape
Town," he said.
"When the occupants of the Avanza refused to adhere to
the officers' instructions to stop at any of the red robots, the chase
continued."
He said the Avanza crashed into an Opel Corsa at an
intersection.
Police found a pistol with the serial number filed off, a
magazine and two rounds in the car.
A murder case had been opened.
- SAPA
