Woman abandons car in KZN torrent

"Heavy rain is still falling on the South Coast and we have two reports of cars washed away off bridges‚" Emergency Medical Services spokesman Robert Mckenzie said.

On Monday‚ Crisis Medical paramedics reported that a car washed off the road in Durban at around 6pm.

"A female of 39 years old was travelling down Ronaldo Road towards North Coast Road when she felt her vehicle lose control from underneath her‚" Crisis Medical said in a statement.

Water gushing across the road caused the light motor vehicle to be swept off the roadway and down the embankment.

"The driver being the only occupant of the vehicle‚ managed escape unharmed by climbing out of the drivers side window‚" Crisis Medical said.

The woman said she had to get out of the car.

"I wanted to get out of the car because there was a river washing my car further into the bushes and I can't swim‚"she said.