Paramedics had to cut through the roof of the car to reach the passengersA couple who were on holiday in South Africa have been seriously injured after a lorry stolen by a 15-year-old boy smashed through a police roadblock and into their car as they travelled along a coastal highway. The couple, who have not been named but are in their sixties, were passengers in the hire car when the crash happened near the seaside town of Mossel Bay, 200 miles east of Cape Town along the Garden Route. The teenager had allegedly stolen the lorry from the town of Heidelberg and was chased by police before a roadblock was set up near Mossel Bay. The lorry did not stop and crashed through three unoccupied police cars making up the barrier before colliding with the hire car at…

Source: The Times April 14, 2017 23:03 UTC