Taxi driver involved in tragic scholar transport crash at Mount Moriah handed himself over to the police.
Image: KZN Transport Department
The taxi driver who fled the scene after a scholar transport vehicle overturned in Mount Moriah, north of Durban, on Wednesday - leaving one child dead and several others injured - has handed himself over to police.
KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport and Human Settlements, Siboniso Duma, confirmed that the driver had since reported himself to authorities.
“A taxi driver who fled after a taxi rolled and one child died and 14 others were injured in Mount Moriah has handed himself over to the police,” Duma said in a statement.
The scholar transport taxi that overturned in Mount Moriah, carrying pre-school children between the ages of 3 and 4 years-old.
Image: KZN Transport Department
Robert Netshiunda, KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson, said police are investigating a case of culpable homicide.
“One child died and 14 others, aged between three and four years old, sustained injuries when the vehicle they were travelling in overturned,” said Netshiunda.
He added that the vehicle could not stop, allegedly due to malfunctioning brakes.
Netshiunda confirmed that the suspect was expected to appear in the Verulam Magistrate's Court today.