• Two police officers overturned the state vehicle they were driving, landing the car on its roof in a waterway in Gordon’s Bay.
• The incident happened in the early hours of October 30, 2024, and the officers were taken to hospital with only minor injuries.
• The state van was driving along Lancaster Road at the time and police have since opened a case of reckless and careless driving.
• Warrant Officer Joseph Swartbooi told Briefly News the cause of the single-vehicle crash is still under investigation.

GORDON’S BAY — A state vehicle landed on its roof when two officers crashed in a single-vehicle collision in Cape Town Wednesday, October 30, 2024.

It is not clear how the accident happened after the vehicle overturned and overturned in a waterway in a Gordon’s Bay neighborhood at about 3am.

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The police van overturns, lands on its roof

Western Cape the police said News in brief were investigating the circumstances in which the accident occurred.

“A reckless and negligent driving case was opened after (one of the officers) lost control of the vehicle (and crashed),” police spokesman Warrant Officer Joseph Swartbooi.

The officers were driving on Lancaster Road at the time of the crash and suffered minor injuries as a result of the crash.

“They were taken to a nearby hospital for medical attention.”

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In related news, News in brief reported one fatality head-on collision with a police van and a double cab bakkie near Dullstroom, Mpumalangakilling an officer and two US citizens while seriously injuring one person.

Dullstroom police spokesperson confirmed that Constable Romeo Mashego News in brief that the accident happened on Thursday afternoon on the R540 road.

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He said first responders found three people ejected from their vehicles – both Toyota Hilux brands. One person responded and paramedics stabilized him and rushed him to the hospital in critical condition.

Source: News in brief