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The wreckage of the light aircraft after it crashed on the R55 near the Zwartkops raceway in Centurion on Wednesday night.
A pilot and a passenger were killed on Wednesday night when their light aircraft crashed into a car close to the entrance of the Zwartkops raceway in Centurion.
The incident happened just after 6pm when the plane lost altitude and crashed into a Mazda 323 that was driving along the R55. Traffic on the road was heavy at the time.
Primedia’s head of corporate affairs/communication and LeadSA founder, Yusuf Abramjee, was on the scene shortly after the incident.
“There were three Correctional Services officials in the car at the time of the crash. One of them said he heard a loud noise and thought they had been hit by a truck. When he got out, he was amazed that it was a plane that had struck them,” Abramjee said.
The wreckage covered an area of about half a rugby field.
It is believed the plane might have taken off from a training school nearby.
Tshwane Emergency Management Services spokesman Johan Pieterse said the car’s occupants were taken to Netcare Unitas Hospital and treated for shock.
Extensive damage was caused to the car’s windscreen, but little else was damaged.
The R55 was closed on Wednesday night as investigators from the Civil Aviation Authority processed the scene. – The Star
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