The woman involved in the car crash with a police vehicle in Milnerton that killed her and one of her dogs has been identified.
|||Cape Town - The woman involved in the car crash in Milnerton that killed her and one of her two dogs has been identified as Charmaine Wijnbeek, of Burgundy Estate in Richwood.
Wijnbeek was killed when her VW Golf collided with a police vehicle that was transporting five suspects to the Milnerton police station.
The vehicles collided at a traffic light at about 10.30pm on Tuesday.
Police spokesman Captain FC van Wyk said a case of culpable homicide would be opened to establish the exact cause of the accident.
“After SAPS members arrested five suspects in Dunoon, they returned to the Milnerton police station.
“On their way back, at the corner of Koeberg and Plattekloof roads, the driver of a VW Golf collided with the police vehicle,” Van Wyk said.
The crash happened in lanes where road construction was under way for rapid transit bus lanes.
Van Wyk said one of Wijnbeek’s dogs died in the crash.
“The other dog ran off and is missing.”
Witnesses can call investigating officer Colonel Douglas Muller at 021 528 3800.
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Cape Argus