Kinross boy who was injured when a truck drove over him, needs clothes for hospital stay

KINROSS – Michael Nortjé, a five-year-old boy from Kinross was seriously injured when an eight-ton truck drove over him on Thursday, 18 October.
His badly injured left leg was operated on this morning, 20 October. He is currently in the Sunshine Clinic in Benoni and is desperately in need of clothes for his stay in hospital.
His mom, Ms Monica Nortjé said the clothes he had been wearing when the accident happened, was cut off him in hospital.
“We did not even think of packing anything when we rushed him to hospital.”
Ms Nortjé and her mother, Ms Susan van der Merwe, have been by Michael’s bedside since Thursday and are without any means to buy new clothes and other amenities.
“We cannot afford to drive up and down between Kinross and Benoni.”
Anyone who can assist the Nortjé family can phone Monica at 082 705 4023.