US EditionVaal Horror Crash: Scholar Taxi Driver Charged
The 22-year-old driver faces 12 culpable homicide charges after a scholar taxi without a valid license collided with a truck, killing 12 learners and injuring others.
- On Monday, a scholar transport minibus collided head-on with a side tipper truck on the R553 behind ArcelorMittal near Vanderbijlpark, killing twelve pupils at the scene.
- Preliminary checks by transport authorities indicate the minibus taxi driver did not have a valid operating licence, and the vehicle may not have been licensed to transport learners.
- Five injured learners were taken to Sebokeng and Kopanong hospitals, where doctors, nurses and emergency workers provided full medical care and one has been discharged.
- Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo confirmed the driver was arrested on Tuesday after being discharged from hospital and faces twelve counts of culpable homicide plus reckless and negligent driving, with a court appearance expected within 48 hours at Vanderbijlpark Magistrates Court.
- The South African Local Government Association said the crash highlights serious failures in learner transport safety, the Gauteng Department of Transport called for stricter checks, and counsellors and chaplains support families preparing burials.
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Nelson Mandela Bay metro police arrest taxi driver transporting 40 passengers — most of them schoolchildren
The minister of transport, Barbara Creecy, has called for national action on scholar transport safety following the minibus taxi crash in Gauteng that claimed the lives of 12 learners. Just days earlier, metro police in Nelson Mandela Bay intercepted a 16-seater vehicle carrying 40 people – predominantly schoolchildren.
South Africa: School Taxi Driver Had No Licence in Crash That Killed 12 Children
Gauteng officials say the school taxi driver in the Vanderbijlpark crash did not have a valid operating licence. The minibus taxi involved may also not have been licensed to transport learners to school.
Driver in tragic scholar crash arrested after hospital discharge
Police have arrested a 22-year-old scholar transport driver following a tragic crash that claimed the lives of 12 learners in Vanderbijlpark on Monday. The driver was taken into custody after being discharged from hospital on Monday night, where he had been receiving treatment following the collision. Reckless and negligent driving According to Gauteng Police spokesperson Mavela Masondo, the driver is expected to appear before the local magistra…
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