Staff Reporter
A chilling clip, now circulating widely online, shows what many social media users are calling clear negligence and reckless driving by the minibus taxi driver involved in a crash that killed a dozen schoolchildren near Vanderbijlpark, south of Johannesburg.
The release of this footage comes a day before the driver is expected to face the court on Thursday.
The driver of the scholar transport minibus involved in the crash is expected to appear in court on Thursday, according to police. Â
The 22-year-old man was arrested after being discharged from hospital and will face twelve counts of culpable homicide, as well as charges of reckless and negligent driving, Gauteng police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo said.
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The crash occurred on Monday morning, when the privately operated minibus transporting pupils to multiple schools collided head-on with a truck on the Fred Droste Road, near the N1 highway.
Officials initially reported varying death tolls in the immediate aftermath, with some early accounts putting the number of children killed at 11 or 13, before provincial authorities said 12 pupils died at the scene, and five were taken to hospital, one of whom was later discharged.
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi said on Tuesday that preliminary findings indicated the driver’s professional driving permit (PDP) to operate a minibus had expired. Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane said the driver had previously been reprimanded for reckless driving.
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