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WATCH: Car set on fire, sent reversing down Pretoria road

Pretoria - A vehicle was set alight and two drivers were attacked on the streets of Sunnyside in Pretoria earlier in June. 

Police Colonel Lungelo Dlamini said the two drivers were assaulted by unknown suspects.

He told News24 : "One of the drivers was immediately taken to hospital. Police are in the search for suspects. Police have opened a case of malicious damage to property and assault."

Footage has emerged of the incident showing the car being torched while reversing down a road in Sunnyside. The clip show a police van moving out of the path of the careering vehicle.

Watch the clip below:

Twitter users made their opinions heard regarding the incident with South African Olympic swimmer, Roland Schoeman commenting too. 

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