Yet another vehicle crashes down cliffside on Voëlklip Road near Herold’s Bay, two women dead

Update: 21 Feb 2021

Police Spokesperson Sgt Chris Spies, says the bodies of 2 seventy-five-year-old women have been recovered after their vehicle crashed down a cliff face near Herold’s Bay late yesterday afternoon.

The spot where their white Mazda plunged onto the rocks, is next to the now notorious Voëlklip viewing point, and known as Hansie se bank.

The latest incident brings the death toll due to vehicles going down the cliff face to 9. More info as received.

Initial report: 20 Feb 2021

The police confirmed that another vehicle went over the cliff near Voëlklip today, Saturday 20 February.

Southern Cape police spokesperson Sgt Chris Spies says emergency services are busy with a search and rescue operation at Voëlklip near Herold’s Bay.

Spies says a white Mazda went down a cliff at about 18:45. This is the same place where a mother and her little daughter went down the cliff in their car in January, and where Heidi Scheepers and her children went over the edge in October 2019, Kristy Kolberg reported in January.

She wrote this viewpoint on the Voëlklip road, known as Hansie se Bank, is one kilometre before you reach the Voëlklip viewpoint that overlooks Herold’s Bay.

Spies could not divulge any other information at this stage, but according to unconfirmed information given to George Herald there were two occupants in the Mazda.