Her father‚ Sbu Mpisane‚ said that the family was holding a vigil at the hospital.
“We are all here at the hospital and things are very emotional for us‚ as you can imagine having a child in the intensive care unit‚” he said.
“She is still in a critical condition right now.”
Mpisane said the reason his daughter’s car had careened from the road and hit a pole remained unknown.
“There is a lot we still don’t know about how and why this happened. All we have been told is that she had an accident.”
RescueCare spokesman Garrith Jamieson confirmed that paramedics attended an accident on Margaret Mncadi Avenue (formerly Victoria Embankment).
He said a critically injured woman was treated and stabilised at the scene before being transported to hospital.
Jamieson added that the cause of the accident was unclear and was being investigated by police.