Mother, Baby Killed by Minister’s Car While Rushing to Husband’s Fatal N1 Crash
Police said the minister’s vehicle struck a woman and her two children as they crossed to an earlier crash scene, and two culpable homicide cases are open.
- Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi's official vehicle was involved in a fatal highway accident near Bela-Bela, Limpopo, on Saturday that killed a mother and her baby.
- The mother and children were crossing the road to reach the woman's husband, who had allegedly been struck by a vehicle driven by an off-duty police officer and died at the scene.
- Brig Athlenda Mathe, a spokesperson for The South African Police Service, confirmed that Motsoaledi, his driver, and his close protection officer remained at the scene until emergency services arrived.
- Police have opened two separate culpable homicide cases to investigate the circumstances surrounding both fatal accidents, Mathe said on Tuesday.
- The SAPS is obtaining statements from witnesses present at the scene while extending its deepest condolences to the bereaved family during this difficult time.
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Zimbabwean Mother, Baby Killed By SA Minister's Car While Rushing to Husband's Fatal N1 Crash
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[Image: Pexels] The N1 outside Bela-Bela became the setting for an absolutely devastating sequence of events on Saturday, 9 May, after a woman and her infant child were killed in a collision involving Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi’s official vehicle. In one of those stories that feels almost impossible to process, the woman had reportedly been rushing to the scene where her husband had already been killed moments earlier. According to police,…
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