Cape Town - Baden Powell Drive on 24 October 2009 at 19h50

A motor vehicle collision on Baden Powell Drive, on the R102 bridge, has resulted in the death of five people.

Three people in a Toyota Corolla and two people from a Mazda were dead on arrival of emergency services.

The front passenger of the Mazda, as well as the driver and front passenger of a Jetta, were trapped in their respective vehicles and needed to be extricated by rescue crews. The patients were all in a serious condition and were taken to nearby hospitals.

Police are investigating the circumstances around the collision. Baden Powell Drive was closed at the R102 bridge while emergency services worked on the scene.

Nine people were injured in an earlier collision on Baden Powell Drive, near the R102 bridge, at around 10h45 the same day.

One patient was in a critical condition, another in a serious condition and seven others were in a moderate condition on the scene. The critical patient was trapped in a vehicle and needed to be extricated by rescue crews.

The patients were taken to Stellenbosch Medi-Clinic and Stellenbosch Provincial Hospital for further treatment.

It is alleged that two vehicles collided head-on, with a third vehicle crashing due to the initial collision. Police were in attendance and are investigating the incident.

It is believed that the critical patient later died in hospital.