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Driver in fatal crash 'lied'


A taxi driver arrested for culpable homicide after two of his passengers died in an accident may have lied about his age to avoid being jailed and tried as an adult, police say. He had told police that he was 15, but his ID document showed that he is 21.

The man was arrested after his vehicle overturned on the Old Paarl Road near Kraaifontein yesterday morning. Two women died another two passengers were seriously injured and others sustained minor injuries.

But Kraaifontein police station spokesman Captain Gerhard Niemand said the young man could have lied about his age because juveniles received "privileged treatment". He is due to appear in the Kuils River Magistrate's court soon.

Provincial traffic spokesman Xenophone Wentzel said the driver would also face charges of reckless and negligent driving.

Wentzel said the taxi had not had an operating licence and had been suspended from further road use in 2007.

Niemand said police had yet to decide whether to take steps against the owner.

Meanwhile, on the N1 at Leeugamka in Beaufort West, a man was killed when a taxi drove into an overturned truck late on Tuesday night. The taxi is believed to have been on its way from Cape Town to the Eastern Cape, Wentzel said, adding that some other passengers had sustained slight injuries.

Traffic authorities set up several roadblocks around the Western Cape on Tuesday as traffic volumes increased.

A man was arrested for drunk driving at a roadblock on the N1 out of Cape Town on Tuesday night and another was caught using a fraudulent licence.

One vehicle was suspended from road use, and 18 vehicles were stopped because they were overloaded.

And on the N2 near George, traffic officials suspended the services of nine buses and five minibus taxis on Tuesday night.

Wentzel said more than 500 passengers had had to spend the night in George or wait for bus and taxi companies to make alternative arrangements after the vehicles were pulled off the road.

"The vehicles were stopped on the N2 and taken to a George Municipality testing station to be checked for roadworthiness, loading capacity, licences and driving permits," he said.

Traffic officers stopped long-haul vehicles at roadblocks and Vehicle Check Points (VCPs) around the province.

Yesterday also marked the opening of the province's first anti-drunk-driving centre to which suspected drunk drivers would be taken for breathalyser tests.

The centre, opposite Vangate Mall in Athlone, will be equipped with breath analysers. The results can be used in court.

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George Carlin

Only in South Africa!

Watch out if your going for the World Cup next year!

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I wonder how many fans will come back alive?

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

I wonder how many will come back fans

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I wonder how many will bring back an unwelcome!!!

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if you cannot be yourself, then who can you be.

In April 2008, The Sun reported on the impact of the World Cup on South African prostitution. Poverty-stricken and often homeless, South African prostitutes are eager for English soccer fans to arrive because they’re known for their rowdiness and willingness to engage in risky behaviors. “We just can’t wait,” Yolanda Lorika, a 19-year-old prostitute, told The Sun. “We only get paid about £10 for sex when drivers stop for us here. English men will pay a lot more.”

Even though prostitutes are aware of HIV/AIDS—“they have grown up with it”—they still consider it “just an occupational hazard,” The Sun reports. Around 1,000 die every day from AIDS-related illnesses [in South Africa].”

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!