Car sinks in harbour, two dead
By Norman Joseph

Two men drowned when their vehicle plunged off the pier at the Table Bay docks in Cape Town on Wednesday night.

A third man survived.

A small amount of dagga was found wrapped in plastic between the seats in the VW Passat, which plunged into the water at 10.30pm on Wednesday.

Police divers spent the entire night trying to retrieve the vehicle. It was hoped it would be lifted out of the water on Thursday.

The three men, workers on the Agrao ship at the harbour, were in the vehicle at the Ben Schoeman dock, Quay 703.

They had apparently visited colleagues on a neighbouring ship and then got into the car.

The driver of the vehicle apparently attempted to make a three-point turn, but misjudged the space available and the car plunged off the pier into the water.

One man managed to fling himself out of the car as it went over the side of the jetty. He was slightly injured.