Miraculous escape for driver in Cape Town traffic – PHOTO

One Cape Town driver can thank their lucky stars after reportedly walking away unscathed from an horrific-looking incident in peak traffic on Monday, 19 June.

As reported by the 1Second Facebook page, the M3 Southbound was closed at UCT mid-morning after a tree landed on the windscreen and bonnet of a bakkie.

They don’t call it the Cape of Storms for nothing!

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According to reports, the driver and a passenger suffered only minor injuries.

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As reported by The SAPeople website, the Western Cape has been hard hit by torrential rain in recent weeks which has resulted in not only the dams in the province recording record numbers, but widespread flooding.

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