Male body recovered by police
“It is believed that the body that the police are busy recovering, is that of the deceased Uber driver.”
The discovery of a body on Thursday afternoon in Centurion, believed to be that of an Uber driver, brings the recent flood-related body count in Tshwane to six.
According to Tshwane emergency services spokesperson Charles Mabasa, the Uber driver and his two passengers were reported missing over the weekend.
The body of one of his passengers, a woman, was found by search teams on Wednesday.
At the time of reporting, the driver’s body was being recovered at Olifantsfontein Road, near the train bridge.
The car they were travelling in was swept away at Olifantspruit in Midstream between Friday evening and Saturday morning.
Several people have drowned during the recent heavy rainfall and floods that hit the region.
On Tuesday morning, the body of a man, believed to be the driver of an Audi SUV that got stuck near the Centurion Lake Hotel, was found.
The driver went missing on Friday evening after he tried to cross the Hennops River.
His vehicle was found the next morning near the hotel, but no one was inside.
Lyttelton police spokesperson Captain Dave Miller confirmed that the body was found in the river between Lenchen Avenue and Hendrik Verwoerd Drive.
The body of a Centurion man, who went missing between Friday night and the early hours of Saturday morning, while on his way home, was retrieved by the diving unit. His car had dipped into the Hennops River near the low-lying End and Witsinkhout roads in Centurion.
On Saturday afternoon, a body was discovered floating in the muddy waters in-between flooded shacks by community members in Mamelodi.
On Tuesday, another body was found at Roodeplaat Dam in the north of Pretoria. Also Read: Another body recovered in Centurion
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