Transport companies deny accusations

Both the companies accused of causing the Black Monday accident on the N4 deny being responsible.

On Monday, October 30 social media buzzed and all fingers pointed to Jabula Plant Hire and Medina Transport accusing them of causing the accident that sent shockwaves through the country after a truck smashed into a convoy of slow moving vehicles.

Emotions ran high because the motorcade of slow moving cars participated in a peaceful protest action against farm attacks. Allegations of racism are sticking out their ugly heads.
Both the trucking companies gave evidence to show that hey were not responsible for the 13-car accident in which three people were injured.

Dash cams inside and at the rear of the truck showed that Jabula Plant Hire’s driver, Mr Johan Mabela tried everything to swerve out of the way after the truck in front slammed on brakes.

The accident scene on Monday, October 30 on the N4.

Spokesperson for Jabula Plant Hire Mr Jaco Pretorius said,

“While we are greatly saddened by the accident that took place. We would like to clarify that the cause of the accident was not due to the negligence of our driver or caused by the truck he was driving. The driver of our vehicle was trailing another vehicle from a unknown transporter at approximately 15 km/h when he saw the commotion ahead of him and the slow-moving traffic due to the motorcade and slowed down to a stop when the driver of the Jabula Plant Hire vehicle heard loud braking and collision sounds from behind, as our driver observed to the rear to determine the cause of the braking sound, a truck belonging to Medina Transport, then proceeded to drive past our truck, ploughing into the vehicles ahead.”

The driver said it appeared that the driver of the other truck lost control of his vehicle while trying to avoid the slow-moving cars.

“We would like to re-iterate that although our truck was pictured in the photographs taken, our truck was not the truck that ploughed into the vehicles and in no way was this incident due to any wrong doing of Jabula Plant Hire’s driver,” Pretorius said.

Mr Ebrahim Suliman, owner of Medina Transport shifted the blame for the accident on the shoulders of the protestors.

“Our driver did not intentionally drive into the protestors. There were no indications that there were any slow moving vehicles on the highway. The protestors were on the other side of a blind rise. When my driver looked again the slow moving convoy was in front of him. Taking the 34-ton load he was carrying into consideration, one realises that it would have been impossible for him to stop in time,” Suliman said.

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