COUPLE ESCAPE AMBUSH

A GAUTENG couple on their way to the airport were nearly killed in a brazen ambush on the notorious “N2 Hell Run” after being tricked into thinking they had knocked over a child.

- BY KIM SWARTZ

The man, who asked not to be named, told the Daily Voice the incident happened on 13 July while they were heading from Somerset West to return a rental car before flying home.

He says: “Just as we approached the spot where the incident happened, I saw somebody jump up from the barrier on the left side of the highway coming towards us and the concrete block hit the car.