Woman burns to death near King Shaka airport
A docket of culpable homicide has been opened with the South African Police Services.
![On Sunday evening a man believed to be in his 30s was found dead in his vehicle in Smithfield Road.](https://images.caxton.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/51/2017/03/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226-1280x768.jpg)
ONE PERSON burnt to death and another is in a critical condition after an accident near King Shaka International Airport today. The driver of a Mercedes Benz apparently lost control of the car along the link road between Watson Highway and the airport.
“At around 12:45am on Wednesday, 22 March, we received a report of the accident. On arrival it was established that the vehicle had ignited after colliding with a power box,” said Ismail Mitha, from Bigshow Towing.
The chairman of Emergency Control SA, Mitha, went on to say that a female occupant of the car was declared dead on-scene and that the male occupant is in a critical condition and was transported to a hospital for further treatment. All emergency services were in attendance, he said.
According to King Shaka International Airport South African Police Service station’s Colonel Musa Myende, a docket of culpable homicide has been opened.