M13 shoot-out: 'It was worse than a movie' - witness
Updated | By Nushera Soodyal
A 22-year-old man who witnessed yesterday's shoot-out on the M13 near Pinetown says he thought he was going to get hit in the crossfire.
Three suspects who had allegedly robbed security guards of two boxes of cash at a garage in Hillcrest. One suspect was arrested and taken to hospital under police guard.
Biker, Juandre de Lange says he had been travelling on the freeway when a police car sped past him.
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That's when he noticed the suspects' car speed up as well.
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De Lange told Newswatch that he fell off his motorbike and had to duck for cover when the gun battle broke out.
"One of the guys was flung out of the vehicle. The officers got out of their vehicle. There was movement, and more shots fired. It was much worse than a movie," he says.
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