A 27-year-old man is expected to appear in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, 17 December, on charges of culpable homicide, after fatally striking a 41-year-old cyclist on Victoria Road, near Glen Beach, on Tuesday morning.
Camps Bay Police were called out at around 07:00 this morning. The 27-year-old suspect, driving a blue BMW at the time, collided with the cyclist, who is reportedly a local.
The cyclist was declared deceased on the scene by medical personnel.
Victoria Road between Strathmore and Argyle Road was closed for a few hours while forensics and SAPS accident reconstruction teams attended to the scene.
The suspect was subsequently arrested. According to some reports on cycling groups, the suspect was allegedly drunk, but this has not been confirmed by police.
Ward Councillor Nicola Jowell says a second person was also taken to hospital with injuries. It is unclear whether the second injured person is also a cyclist.
She has extended her condolences to the family of the cyclist.
