SA police on the manhunt for Motswana motorist

Sharon Mathala | Tuesday October 18, 2016 18:10

 

Mmegi has been reliably informed that the Botswana registered vehicle was driving at a high speed in the process kiling a four year old. The accident happened at around 7pm.

This was confirmed by authorities at the Tlokweng border post in an interview that the incident was reported around 8pm Sunday evening. “The authorities did let us know about the incident, but they did not give us much information,” a senior officer at the Tlokweng border post said. “They said that the vehicle with Botswana registration was involved in a hit and run accident. A four year old child was kiled in the process.”

Mmegi can confirm that after the accident the vilagers reacted back, closing the road with stones and allegedly threatening motorists with Botswana registration numbers. “We were also told that the villagers reacted after the hit and run, but no one has been hurt.

Even yesterday, there were some crossing the border to and from South Africa. Even today (yesterday) the border operations continued as usual.”

At the border,Mmegi team caught up with one tourist who was coming into the country to visit friends. He said he had passed through the village at around 2pm yesterday and that the situation had gone back to normal.

“We passed through the place you are talking about around 2pm and there is nothing of that sort. We passed to here (with) no problems,”he said.