Trucker due in court after Chabane’s death

Collins Chabane will be accorded with an official government funeral, the Presidency has announced. File photo: Sizwe Ndingane

Collins Chabane will be accorded with an official government funeral, the Presidency has announced. File photo: Sizwe Ndingane

Published Mar 17, 2015

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Johannesburg - The driver of the truck involved in a collision with Public Service and Administration Minister Collins Chabane's car was expected to appear in the Polokwane Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.

The truck was making a U-turn across the N1 highway near Polokwane at around 1am on Sunday when the VW Touareg carrying Chabane and two bodyguards crashed into it.

Chabane and sergeants Lesiba Sekele and Lawrence Lentsoane died on the scene. The truck driver was unhurt. The top half of the VW was ripped off.

The truck driver was arrested and police opened a case of culpable homicide. Police spokeswoman Colonel Ronel Otto said it was possible the truck driver could have been under the influence of alcohol.

“When they arrested him, he took a breathalyser test,” Otto said.

“It did indicate that he might have been drinking. So we took him to a hospital for blood tests.”

Otto could not say how long it would take for the results of the blood tests to be available.

Sapa

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