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Man hands himself over to police after hit-and-run incident
After initially fleeing the scene where he allegedly hit a five-year-old child with his bakkie, a man handed himself over the same evening.
Following a hit-and-run incident on Friday, a 50-year-old man appeared in the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court today on multiple charges.
He allegedly hit a child with his bakkie in Mostert Street and fled the scene.
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According to Capt Zandile Gqawa, the spokesperson for the Nelspruit SAPS, the man appeared on charges of reckless and negligent driving, and failing to stop after an accident.
The outcome of the appearance is still unknown.
Gqawa said the child that was hit in the accident is a five-year-old boy. He has since been transferred to a hospital in Pretoria where he is in the ICU.
She said she was informed this morning that the boy was still unconscious.
This is a developing story.
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