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Hit and run tragically ends 25-year-old’s life

If anybody has any information regarding this accident, or witnessed anything, please contact Johan on 071 131 2067.

In the early hours of Sunday morning, 12 November, 25-year-old Heinrich Cronjé died in a hit-and-run accident while walking home along the N12.

Cronjé’s family reported him missing on Sunday. On that morning, a vehicle knocked him down, and tragically after that, another vehicle drove over him. The driver of the second vehicle stopped and called for help.

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His body was taken to the Carletonville mortuary, where he was identified on Monday morning, 13 November. Messages of condolences streamed in on social media after his family and friends were notified.

If anybody has any information regarding this accident, or witnessed anything, please contact Johan on 071 131 2067.

The Herald is awaiting comment from the Westonaria police.

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Clinton Botha

For more than 4 and a half years, Clinton Botha was a journalist at Roodepoort Record. His articles were regularly published in the Northside Chronicle now known as the Roodepoort Northsider. Clinton is also the editor of Randfontein Herald since July 2020. As a sports fanatic he wormed his way into various "beats - as the media would know it - and admits openly that his big love always have something to do with a scoreboard, crowds and usually a ball that hops.

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