Missing west man found in hospital
“He was involved in a hit-and-run accident in which he was badly injured"
A Pretoria West man who has been missing for two weeks, has been found.
Anthony Hand (32) disappeared from his Mountain View home on 19 May, where he lived with his grandmother, his mother Lynette Engelbrecht said.
He has now been found, his mother said on Saturday.
“He is in Kalafong hospital’s ICU ward where he has been since 21 May.
“He was involved in a hit-and-run accident in which he was badly injured and we are now praying for his recovery,” Engelbrecht said.
Engelbrecht said it was unlike her son to disappear without a trace.
“He was very concerned about my mother during the lockdown period,” she said.
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“My son literally just went to the shops for essential goods so that he did not expose himself too much to protect his grandmother.”
She said her son suffered from depression and had epilepsy attacks, adding he was a patient at Weskoppies psychiatric hospital about four years ago.
Engelbrecht thanked everyone who has assisted and supported during her son’s disappearance.
“Thousands of people has shared a poster of my son on Facebook in an attempt to spread the word,” she said.
Organisations such as the Pink Ladies, Without a Trace Foundation and the Pretoria Crime Prevention Forum were also searching for Hand, she said.
Anyone with more information about the accident may contact their nearest police station.
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