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Njube man (27) in court for hit and run
30 Dec 2011 at 22:16hrs | Views
A Bulawayo man (27), Mbuso Nkala working in South Africa has been arraigned before the courts for knocking down a three-year-old boy with his car in an alleged hit and run accident.
The boy was trying to cross the Beitbridge-Bulawayo road at Malala area.
Nkala of House Number F90 Njube suburb and employed as an instructor at Altimate Driving School in Johannesburg, South Africa, was not asked to plead to charges of contravening a section of the Road Traffic Act (negligence and failure to stop after hitting a pedestrian).
He was remanded out of custody to 28 February on $50 bail.
The prosecutor, Mr Forster Abeki said on 22 December at around 8.30am, Nkala was driving a Gauteng registered Mazda 323 registration number ZSC 793GP and heading towards Bulawayo.
On approaching the 295km peg along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo road, he failed to apply brakes on time resulting in him hitting the boy who was trying to cross the road.
The victim sustained a fractured right arm and bruises on the head.
The court heard that Nkala did not make efforts to stop after the accident and proceeded with the journey. A follow-up was made leading to his arrest at a roadblock in Makhado.
The boy was trying to cross the Beitbridge-Bulawayo road at Malala area.
Nkala of House Number F90 Njube suburb and employed as an instructor at Altimate Driving School in Johannesburg, South Africa, was not asked to plead to charges of contravening a section of the Road Traffic Act (negligence and failure to stop after hitting a pedestrian).
He was remanded out of custody to 28 February on $50 bail.
On approaching the 295km peg along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo road, he failed to apply brakes on time resulting in him hitting the boy who was trying to cross the road.
The victim sustained a fractured right arm and bruises on the head.
The court heard that Nkala did not make efforts to stop after the accident and proceeded with the journey. A follow-up was made leading to his arrest at a roadblock in Makhado.
Source - Chronicle
