A woman‚ whose vehicle collided with that of a man accused of causing the death of Top Billing presenter Simba Mhere‚ told the court that she would not accept the driver’s apology because he was intoxicated. Preshalin Naidoo‚ 24‚ is on trial in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court‚ where he is facing charges of culpable homicide.Mhere and his friend‚ Kady-Shay O’Bryan‚ who was a passenger in the car Mhere was driving‚ died on the scene of the accident on William Nicol Drive in Fourways‚ Johannesburg‚ on January 31.Velry Laka told the court on Tuesday that she and her three children were coming from a church in Randburg on the morning of the incident.“We were about to off-ramp to Willam Nicol. We slowed down because the robots had turned amber. I heard a sound of a car on high speed. The noise was disturbing‚” Laka said.She said the driver of the vehicle then lost control of it.“It [Naidoo’s car] swerved towards our vehicle‚ hit the car in front of us‚ it flew and landed on the bonnet of our car.”Laka said Naidoo came to her and apologised for the accident.“I was angry when he apologised. I did not accept his apology because he was intoxicated. I told him he was not himself‚” she said.Naidoo’s counsel advocate Francois Roets told Laka that his client was apologetic about the accident but he did not ask for her forgiveness.Laka said this was not true because Naidoo did ask her to forgive him.She conceded that Naidoo had asked to use her cell phone to call his parents‚ but she said this was after a long discussion about the accident.“I would have given him the phone‚ but I did not want to because he was intoxicated.”Earlier‚ Mhere’s father Joseph testified that he‚ Simba and O’Bryan were travelling along William Nicol at around 5.30am.“Suddenly we heard a big bang from the side of the driver. Something had hit the car.”He said the car they were travelling in rolled over several times until it came to a stop.“I don’t know how many times the car rolled. When it stopped‚ I felt pain. I looked at my son‚ he was motionless. I looked at his friend at the back‚ she was motionless‚” he said.In his plea explanation‚ which was read out in court earlier‚ Naidoo said the accident occurred as a result of “an unforeseeable mechanical defect” in the right suspension of the car that he was driving.He had been driving a white VW Polo GTI.He denied that‚ as is the state’s case‚ he recklessly and negligently caused Mhere and O’Bryan’s death.The trial continues. - TMG Digital/TMG Courts and Law..