Pedestrian killed in Tongaat

A female pedestrian died after she was hit by a car on the N2 north near the Tongaat Toll Plaza on Monday evening at around 7pm.

According to Chris Botha at Netcare911, an eyewitness report indicates that the woman was being chased by unknown men when she tried to cross the highway.

Exact detail to the cause of her running across the highway and preceding events however will remain a subject for police investigation.

Netcare 911 paramedics arrived at the scene and found the female lying on the roadway, but she had died on impact due to the extensive injuries that she sustained.