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Wrong-Way BMW Crash Kills Pedestrian, Triggers Multi-Car Pileup in Mitchells Plain

Police have opened culpable homicide and reckless driving cases.

Overview

  • A BMW allegedly drove on the wrong side of Eisleben Road in Lentegeur on Wednesday afternoon, striking an adult male who died at the scene.
  • The car then collided with four vehicles, injuring drivers and passengers, including children, and the injured—among them the BMW driver—were taken to nearby hospitals.
  • Lentegeur police say they are investigating the circumstances and have not made an arrest.
  • Officers reported the vehicle had been tracked from Nyanga and urged witnesses to share information via Crime Stop (08600 10111) or the MySAPS app.
  • Social media videos and eyewitness accounts showed erratic driving toward oncoming traffic, and the victim was identified by family as 35-year-old father of four Angelo Adams.