Family of five killed in Cape Town crash

A family of five was killed when their car hit a lamp post in Cape Town on Thursday, paramedics said.

"The driver allegedly lost control of the vehicle and collided with a lamp post on the side of the street across from Canal Walk Shopping Centre," said ER24 spokesman Pieter Rossouw.

He said they were all ejected from the vehicle.

"A male and female in their mid twenties as well as three children between the ages of three months and four years sustained fatal injuries."

He said cause of the accident was not known.