Occupants of a Audi found dead after crashing into a shack. Photo: EMPD/ Facebook
Audi lands on top of shack roof in Tembisa area [PICS]
On arrival, the officers found a white Audi sedan on top of the roof of a shack, with occupants inside killed by a hail of bullets.
Occupants of a Audi found dead after crashing into a shack. Photo: EMPD/ Facebook
Occupants of a white Audi were found dead after the vehicle landed on top of the roof of a shack in Tembisa, east of Johannesburg.
AUDI COLLAPSES THE THE ENTIRE SHACK IN TEMBISA
On Thursday 4 May 2023, between 11:00 and 12:00, the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) attended to a scene at the corner of Andrew Mapheto Drive near the fire station in Endulweni Section Tembisa.
On arrival, the officers found a white Audi sedan on top of the roof of a shack.
It is alleged that the vehicle was shot at before the driver lost control and overturned.
MEN FOUND WITH NO SIGNS OF LIFE AFTER THE FREAK ACCIDENT
“On closer observation, the officers saw some hole of a shotgun.”
EMPD
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EMPD said the paramedics were called and all stakeholders were on the scene, including the tow truck that brought the car down to the ground allowing the paramedics to assess and subsequently certify the occupants dead on the scene.
A mortuary van was also called and the male bodies between the ages of 35 and 40 were transported to the Germiston government mortuary.
The white Audi Sedan was taken to Rabasotho Police Station for safekeeping.
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ACCIDENT APPEARS TO BE A TAXI-RELATED HIT
The Voice of Tembisa, a local radio station, which broadcasted on the scene of the incident updated that the occupants of the Audi were men believed to be taxi bosses from the Eastern Cape who were in Johannesburg for a couple of days.
The station reported that the Audi was ambushed in the area of Tembisa by a vehicle that started firing shots at it. The Audi driver attempted to evade the gunshots but lost control of the vehicle and plough into a nearby informal settlement in Endulwini Section.
The motive of the murder is unknown but EMPD assured that an investigation was underway…
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