Truck driver involved in horror Pongola crash convicted on 20 counts of murder

The driver of the truck that ploughed into a bakkie carrying 20 occupants on the N2 near Pongola in 2022 was on Tuesday convicted on 20 counts of murder.

He is due to be sentenced this morning (Wednesday).

The KwaZulu-Natal High Court, sitting in Pongola, included reckless and negligent driving, as well as failure to perform duties of a driver after an accident in Sibusiso Siyaya’s convictions.

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After the accident, which occurred on a Friday afternoon in September 2022, it was revealed that Siyaya had been involved in a truck blockade on the N2 earlier in the day and was fleeing the police at the time of the incident.

The bakkie into which the truck ploughed was transporting 18 schoolchildren and one teacher home from school.

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The crash led the Pongola community to enforce a truck ban on that section of the N2, which lasted some months before an agreement was reached that truck drivers would adhere to certain conditions.

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