Hummer driver found guilty of culpable homicide

05 February 2013 - 10:51 By Sapa
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The Hummer driver who crashed into three motorcyclists, killing two and injuring one, has been found guilty of culpable homicide, Beeld reported on Tuesday.

The Pretoria North District Court found Zambian citizen Indi Himalindi Chiyabu, 31, guilty on two charges of culpable homicide, and a third charge of leaving the scene of an accident and failing to report it.

Magistrate Ben van Schalkwyk said he was of the opinion that the three motorcyclists could not have avoided the Hummer, and that the accident, on October 16, 2010, was entirely Chiyabu's fault.

Pieter Coetzee and JP Kruger, both members of the Christian Motorcyclists Association SA, died at the scene.

Coetzee's son, Pieter Jr, was severely injured. He regained consciousness after a week, only to be told that his father had died and that he had lost a leg.

Court proceedings were postponed until March for pre-sentencing reports, and Chiyabu was remanded in custody.

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