If hit by a train, Luthuli would have been killed instantly: expert
Expert says the evidence of Lategan, and that of a fireman who was travelling with him on the day of the alleged incident, was contradictory
07 May 2025 - 19:42
A locomotive expert told the reopened inquest into the death of ANC president-general Chief Albert Luthuli on Wednesday that if Luthuli was hit by a train, his body would be completely dismantled and he would have died instantly at the scene...
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