Car crash victim’s weave snatched

AS POPULAR fitness trainer Sbahle Mpisane fought for her life after she drove her car into a tree on the Magaret Mncadi Avenue (Victoria Embankment) last week, an unknown woman snatched Mpisane’s hair weave off her head while she was unconscious, and made off with it.

This is according to Brian Dube, who helped extinguish the fire which engulfed Mpisane’s car, helping save her life.

Dube, who is a personal trainer and lives in a flat near the scene, said he heard the collision as he was getting ready for work.

“It was around 4.15am. I opened my window and saw the horribly crushed car.

“I noticed it was a lady in the vehicle. I rushed towards it because I saw the car was on fire and I grabbed the fire extinguisher.

“I watched the car burning and I had to try and save the woman,” he said.

Dube said he had no idea it was well-known Mpisane.

“A woman nearby rushed towards the car and grabbed the weave off the injured woman’s head and ran away with it.

“That’s why I did not recognise Sbahle, because I’ve only ever seen her with her weave on,” Dube said.

He said Mpisane was alone in the car. Another passer- by stopped and helped Dube put out the fire.

Mpisane’s father, prominent Durban businessman Sbu Mpisane, said his 25- year- old daughter remained in ICU at St Augustine’s Hospital.

“She has no idea she is in hospital. She has been in for surgery which was successful and we are hoping for a recovery in time as she was critically injured,” he said.

Brian Dube at the scene of the accident where he helped extinguish the fire which engulfed fitness trainer Sbahle Mpisane’s car after she drove into a tree on Margaret Mncadi Avenue, Durban, last week.