Survivor of Sea Point Crash Speaks About His Experiences, SA Slams Him

• The Nigerian national who was involved in a horrific crash in Sea Pont, Cape Town, on 1 March 2025, has spoken about his experiences
• He posted on social media that he is thankful for surviving the incident in which he was recorded speeding at 200km/h in a residential area
• South Africans called for his arrest and slammed him for his reckless driving, which resulted in the accident

For seven years, Tebogo Mokwena, a Briefly News journalist in Johannesburg, South Africa, covered accidents, fires, outbreaks, nature, weather and natural disaster-related incidents at Daily Sun and Vutivi Business News.

CAPE TOWN, WESTERN CAPE — A Nigerian artist is relieved he survived an accident in Sea Point, Cape Town, on 1 March 2025. South Africans are calling for him to be arrested for negligent driving.

What happened in Sea Point?

3GAR BABY, the driver of the MacLaren supercar that crashed in Sea Point, is a Nigerian musician who purchased his Maclaren in 2023 to celebrate his rising musical career. However, his career almost came to a grinding halt after he crashed while hurtling down the road at breakneck speed.

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What did he say?

A video of the incident went viral, and it captured the moment 3GAR lost control of his car. He fortunately survived the accident and sustained injuries. Sanele Nkosi shared an update on his @sanelenkosixx X account. It revealed that shortly after the accident, 3GAR posted on his Instagram account that he was thankful to God for life and that his life could have been over.

Accidents that were caught on camera

• Camera footage showed the moment a taxi trying to overtake a truck collided with it in February, causing an accident in which nobody died
• Footage of a horrific accident in which eight people were killed in October 2024 surfaced, and it showed that the car's passengers were drunk
• A truck collided with two trucks on the N3 in KwaZulu-Natak in January, and it killed one person

South Africans want him arrested

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Netizens were not pleased with the man's reckless driving and demanded that he face the full gamut of the law.

Sage said:

"Grateful? He needs to be arrested for reckless driving. Also, they must test him for drugs, too."

Your girlfriend's boyfriend said:

"200 not on a highway but on the street. Straight jail." "

Mhlengi Mpungose said:

"This reckless driving, especially in a residential area, has got to come with consequences."

Sammy said:

"This is how stupid people recklessly take innocent lives. I also wonder what the next move of the car rental company will be."

GloriaK said:

"He needs to be arrested after recovery to set a precedent that this behaviour is wrong. Because I'm sure him and his buddies have been doing this and getting away with it."

One Phuti said:

"I don't think he understands that he was driving at 5 times the speed limit in a suburban area."

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Two killed in two accidents involving trucks

In a related article, Briefly News reported that two people died in two separate accidents in KwaZulu-Natal on 17 February on the N2. Trucks were involved in both accidents.

The first accident occurred on Edwin Swales Drive, where a driver died after his car collided with a truck, under which it was stuck. In the second incident, a truck driver was killed in a single-vehicle collision.

Source: Briefly News