JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed in South Africa's Stellenbosch when their car collided with a train along Vlaeberg road in Western Cape province, the South African police said on Tuesday.

    Superintendent Andre Traut said two women and two men, aged 52,54, 55 and another whose age still had to be confirmed, were travelling in a white hired VW Polo when a train hit their vehicle on Monday afternoon.

    The SABC earlier quoted emergency services staff as saying that the accident was the result of the Polo driver's failure to stop for the train. A case of culpable homicide was opened.