Motorist to sue muni after damaging car in open hole
A resident of Louis Trichardt, Glen Netshifhefhe, plans to sue the Makhado Municipality after his vehicle was damaged by a hole left open by municipal workers along Anderson Street last Thursday morning.
LIMPOPO – Netshifhefhe is outraged at the municipality and he wants to hold council responsible for the damage on his luxury vehicle.
He explained it was misty when he drove along Anderson Street and that the street lights were not working, reducing visibility even more.
Subsequently he drove into a large hole left open by municipal workers, severely damaging his car.
He is very grateful for having survived the incident, but reckons more should have been done to safeguard the area and indicate the danger. Netshifhefhe complained that no warning signs had been erected and that the open hole posed a danger to motorists and pedestrians.
He now plans to sue the municipality to make them pay for the damage to his vehicle.
Spokesperson for the Makhado Municipality, Louis Bobodi, explained workers from the municipality were fixing water pipes next to the street and had to dig the hole in the road to get access to the damaged water pipes.
According to the information he had received, the necessary road signs had been put up to warn motorists of the danger.
Bobodi said Netshifhefhe had gone to the municipality to report the incident and he had allegedly admitted that he had been driving at a high speed when the car had hit the hole.
“The fact that visibility is low when there is mist in the mornings makes it so much more important to drive cautiously,” Bobodi said.
Bobodi invited Netshifhefhe to contact the municipality and bring along the quote to fix the vehicle, along with details of any insurance claims in this regard.
“The option of referring it to the relevant insurers can then be discussed.”
