Luthuli would have been dismembered if he was hit by that train, says locomotive expert

Expert says evidence into death of Chief Luthuli was fabricated

From the driver being called to identify a body to the ‘victim’ not hearing a loud train whistle, things ‘don’t add up’

If hit by a train, Luthuli would have been killed instantly: expert

Expert says the evidence of Lategan, and that of a fireman who was travelling with him on the day of the alleged incident, was contradictory

Luthuli would have been dismembered if he was hit by that train, says locomotive expert

A locomotive expert testifying in the reopened inquest into the death of ANC leader Chief Albert John Luthuli said, considering the speed at which the train alleged to have hit Luthuli was travelling, the laureate would have died on impact.

ANC leader Albert Luthuli was not killed by goods train, says expert

A train expert has testified that the claim that Chief Albert Luthuli died from injuries sustained when he was hit by a goods train is false.

Another witness tells inquest Luthuli couldn't have been hit by train - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.

An expert on steam trains has highlighted several inconsistencies in the Pietermaritzburg High Court in the version of events surrounding the death of ANC leader, inkosi Albert Luthuli, as was presented in the first inquest in 1967. Les Labuschagne poked holes in the statements of three key witnesses in the original inquest: the train driver, Stephanus Albertus Lategan, fireman, Daniel Lessing Greyling, and the conductor, Pieter Francois Van Wyk…