Simba Mhere death crash: Prosecutor disputes driver was going 80km/h

26 May 2017 - 16:59 By Nomahlubi Jordaan
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The state has refuted an accident expert's claim that the man accused of causing the death of Top Billing presenter Simba Mhere was travelling at only 80km/h.

The defence’s witness‚ accident reconstruction expert Stanley Bezeduinhout‚ told the Randburg Magistrate's Court that Preshalin Naidoo's car was travelling no faster than 80km/ph when it collided with Mhere's vehicle.

Naidoo faces charges of culpable of homicide and reckless and negligent driving. He has pleaded not guilty.

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On Friday prosecutor Dinesh Nandkissor said it was impossible that Naidoo's car was travelling at that speed.

"You want this court to believe that the car hit a curb and collided with the deceased's travelling at 80 kilometres per hour‚ despite the tracker report?" Nandnkissor asked.

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"Those are my findings. It is not my thinking‚ but it's the information available to me that yielded the results‚" countered Bezuidenhout.

Mhere and his friend‚ Kady-Shay O’Bryan‚ died in the crash on William Nicol Drive in Fourways‚ Johannesburg‚ on January 31‚ 2015.

 

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