Heroes pull couple from burning car

An elderly couple are glad to be alive after their car was engulfed in flames following an accident near the Maalgate Bridge on the N2 between the Glentana turnoff and George on Tuesday 21 October.

- Kristy Kolberg

The couple were travelling to George when the woman, who was driving, lost control of the car and it rolled down the embankment next to the highway. Within seconds the vehicle started burning, and what happened next was nothing short of a miracle.

Sithembiso Fadana from George says he and his wife were driving from Mossel Bay behind the car when the accident happened. “I suddenly saw a cloud of dust on the side of the road and realised it was a car that had left the road,” he said on Wednesday morning. “We pulled over and a second vehicle, a bakkie with workers on the back, stopped behind us. We could see the driver waving and calling for help. She was stuck in the car. A bunch of us ran down and found her inside with the door somewhat ajar. The car was starting to burn and she couldn't get out on her own,” he said.