Simba Mhere was still alive after car crash, says pathologist

07 July 2016 - 13:36 By Nomahlubi Jordaan

Preshalin Naidoo, the man accused of causing the death of Top Billing presenter Simba Mhere, was travelling at a high speed, the Randburg Magistrate's Court heard on Thursday.Dr Candice Hansmeyer‚ a pathologist who conducted a postmortem on Mhere and his friend Kady-Shay O’Bryan‚ told the court that the pair sustained multiple injuries.Mhere’s skull and spinal cord were broken. His right arm was also fractured and dislocated. He had also inhaled blood‚ which‚ according to Hansmeyer‚ shows he was still alive after the impact.Court hears of vodka bottle at scene of Simba Mhere's deathA witness in the case against Preshalin Naidoo‚ the man accused of causing the death of Top Billing presenter Simba Mhere‚ told the court that he saw a bottle of Smirnoff vodka being taken from his car. O’Bryan sustained blunt force injuries to the head. She also had injuries to the chest‚ brain and ribs. Her right lung was partially torn.The injuries Mhere and O’ Bryan had were fatal‚ Hansmeyer said.“Taking them to hospital on time‚ would not have helped. The extent and severity of the injuries sustained by both are in keeping with a high-velocity impact sustained from a high-velocity transfer. These are high-speed injuries‚” Hansmeyer.On Wednesday a state witness testified that Naidoo's parents had arrived at the scene of the accident and removed a bottle of vodka from Naidoo's car. Mhere and O’Bryan‚ who was a passenger in the car Mhere was driving, died at the scene of the accident on William Nicol Drive in Fourways‚ Johannesburg on January 31‚ 2015...

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