R3M MCLAREN WRECKED

R3m McLaren wreaks in Sea Point

SEA Point police are investigating a case of reckless and negligent driving following a high-speed crash involving a R3-million McLaren on Saturday.

Peter Flentov of the Atlantic Seaboard Community Forum said the crash occurred around 6.30am.

Flentov explains: “[The driver of] a McLaren 570S coupe was driving at high speed along High Level Road in the Sea Point, Fresnaye area, and hit part of the pavement.

“The car then hit the boundary wall of a property.”

He added that the driver and his passenger were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

According to the manufacturer, the McLaren 570S can accelerate from zero to 100 km/h just in 3.2 seconds and can achieve a top speed of a blitsvinnige 328 km/h.

This is the second accident involving a luxury sports car in the city in the space of two months. 

Last month, 32-year-old doctor Ncumisa Mdlokolo was killed in a crash involving a Ferrari.

At the time, Mdlokolo was walking with her sister on Buitengracht Street in the city centre when the red sports car slammed into her.

She was fatally wounded and died at the scene. A second person was also killed in the road accident.

A public safety officer from the Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID), who happened to be nearby, quickly intervened and restrained the driver until police arrived.

The 36-year-old driver was arrested at the scene and later granted bail after appearing in court.

The driver has since been arrested for culpable homicide.