Quiet but not uneventful Easter weekend in Centurion

An otherwise quiet Easter weekend in Centurion was marred by an armed business robbery in which a man was killed as well as an apparent hit-and-run incident in which a motorcyclist was injured.

The man was shot and killed in an armed robbery at a business in Jakaranda Street in the Hennops Park Industrial area, Centurion, on Thursday evening.

Monitor Net responded to the incident at around 18:30, according to spokesperson JP Le Roux.

“The man was found fatally shot on the scene and was declared dead by paramedics who arrived at the scene. Sadly, nothing could be done for him,” Le Roux said.

“Suspects fled with an unknown amount of items.

“It appeared that a truck from the business had also been stolen, however, was later confirmed not stolen.”

Wierdabrug police spokesperson Sergeant Divine Nkuna confirmed the incident.

“A case of business robbery and murder is being investigated,” said Nkuna.

In a separate incident in Lyttleton, a motorcyclist was injured in an apparent hit-and-run accident on Friday afternoon.

“The biker sustained moderate injuries and was transported to a local hospital in a stable condition by Netcare 911,” Cert-SA spokesperson Ruan Heyns said.

According to Heyns, the accident happened along Station Road, near Monument Road, at around 16:00.

“Details surrounding the incident are unknown at this time,” he said.

Captain Dave Miller, the spokesperson for Lyttleton police station, said at this stage there was no record that the incident was reported at their station.

“Except for the usual property- and vehicles-related crimes, the Easter weekend was relatively quiet,” Miller said.

“We, however, had a couple of alcohol-related incidents. People use alcohol and then get involved in assault cases.”

Easter weekend in Olievenhoutbosch was marked by four armed robberies as well as one business robbery and three house robberies.

“Five assaults with the purpose to inflict grievous bodily harm were also reported, four burglaries, and three hijacks,” said Olievenhoutbosch police spokesperson Sergeant Pretty Mokadi.

“There was one case of kidnapping, and one murder reported in addition to a couple of less serious crimes.”

In another unrelated incident, a 12-year-old girl was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after an accident in the Hennops area on Sunday.

ER24 paramedics as well as metro and local police arrived on the scene at 14:16 to find that a light motor vehicle had rolled about a kilometre down a ravine.

“The family’s motor vehicle rolled down the ravine from the R511 in the Hennops River area,” said ER24 spokesperson Ross Campbell.

The girl’s 19-year-old brother and 51-year-old mother suffered minor injuries in the accident.

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“The family had been shouting for help from the bottom of the ravine. The young man managed to walk most of the way back to the road, but the girl needed to be immobilised on a scoop before being lifted out with the help of policemen on the scene.

“She was stable, but had suffered serious injuries so the decision was made to fly her to hospital with another private services’ medical helicopter and Advanced Life Support medic.”

Campbell said the mother and son were treated on the scene and transported to Mediclinic Midstream for further care.

“It is difficult to say,” Campbell said, “but the rest of the Easter weekend seems to have been quiet.

“Saturday evening going into Sunday was busier, but Monday was very quiet,” he said.

Ambu-link spokesperson Xander Loubser said their experience of the Easter Weekend was that it was very quiet.

“The roads were quiet, many people were away for the long weekend.”

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