/ 17 February 2007

Tourists killed by speeding car at Waterfront

Two British tourists were killed after being knocked down by a speeding car at an intersection near Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront, South African Broadcasting Corporation news reported on Saturday.

Cape Town emergency and rescue officials said the driver of the car had apparently ignored a a red traffic light and knocked down the tourists — a man and a woman — who were walking to their hotel at the Waterfront.

The officials said the driver had apparently been speeding in the 60kph zone.

A passenger in the car also sustained light injuries and was taken to the City Park hospital.

Police took the driver in for questioning. – Sapa