‘Threatened’ driver takes the plunge
Shuttle driver says he launched vehicle into sea to escape hijackers
A Nelson Mandela Bay private transport driver said he made the impulsive decision to plunge his vehicle into the ocean on Tuesday morning after a passenger held a gun to his head.
Shuvin Umbraal, 22, said that when he picked up two men from Kenako Mall in New Brighton a short while earlier, he was unaware that one of them was armed and that they planned to rob him — or worse...
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