Seven year sentence for death of 24 people
The majority of the families seemed to have forgiven him and did not hold grudges against him as he himself was part of the accident.
MBOMBELA – A truck driver who was responsible for the death of 24 people when he failed to stop at a railway crossing, was sentenced to seven years imprisonment this morning.
George Mandlazi (33) had previously pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced in the Gauteng Circuit of the High Court. Judge Ms Nomsa Khumalo said Mandlazi’s personal anguish couldn’t undo what had happened and that the victims had lost their lives in the most gruesome, horrific manner.
She then sentenced him to 10 years for 24 counts of culpable homicide, of which three were suspended for five years. For the charge of reckless and negligent driving, he received three years which would run concurrently.
To read more about what happened in court during his sentening, click here.
