Motorists and pedestrians using the R300 have been told to be vigilant after several incidents, including a rape, were reported.
|||Cape Town - Delft police have cautioned motorists and pedestrians using the R300 to be vigilant on the stretch of road after several incidents, including a rape, were reported in recent months.
Brigadier Hendrik Jansen, the cluster commander for Delft, asked people to “take the necessary precautionary measures”, saying the area was “isolated” and that criminals had targeted people on the R300.
He appealed to motorists to ensure their vehicles were in roadworthy condition and adequately fuelled when travelling along the road.
Between May and last month there were 16 reported cases of malicious damage to property.
Police found that in many instances people who had mechanical trouble had left their vehicles to find help and returned to find them broken into.
Police said a 25-year-old woman reported recently that she was raped while walking along the R300 at night.
Several incidents had been reported in which pedestrians had been run over by cars. There had also been two cases where pedestrians had had to fight off robbers.
Jansen warned the public to be “extremely cautious” when travelling on the R300 and to be particularly aware of pedestrians crossing the road.
Cape Argus