Bakkie crashes into showers at Vic Bay

It's nothing short of a miracle that no serious injuries were reported after a church outing to Victoria Bay took a wild swing on Sunday 15 June.

- Kristy Kolberg

A bakkie carrying about 10 people allegedly suffered brake failure while driving down the hill to the beach. How the driver managed to avoid the other vehicles, pedestrians and buildings - aside from the public showers he eventually crashed into - remains the question on many people's minds.

What was meant to be a relaxing visit to the beach for the group from Thembalethu quickly plummeted into chaos as the vehicle ploughed through a concrete bollard and crashed into the public showers near the beach, miraculously missing the restaurant.

Jordy Kokkinidis of the local surf shop says he was busy removing footage from his CCTV cameras when the incident happened. "I was actually standing right there on the lawn where the bakkie came flying through when my phone rang inside the shop. I went to answer, and the next thing, the bakkie came past us. I got such a fright, I ran to the back of the shop until I realised what had happened," he says.

"I tried to brake, but it was gone. We were going very fast, at a crazy speed, but I tried to keep the vehicle under control."