A holiday turned into a nightmare for a North West couple visiting the Western Cape. Here are the details:
The North West couple, Charlene Drotsky and Corné Viljoen are instead counting medical expenses while Charlene is recovering from her injuries after a hit and run incident left her with serious injuries including a broken pelvis and a number of broken ribs., Charlene, 34-years-old, was hit by the driver of a bakkie who had given her and friends a lift after a night out while the couple was on holiday in Malmesbury.
She said the man driving the bakkie, drove over her with the front and back wheels going over her waist leaving her in excruciating pain. “I can still hear her screaming for help as I tried my best to fight the driver to switch off his bakkie, but I was too weak. I managed to run a few metres away from the vehicle towards her as I thought he drove over her head. I remember I started shouting and screaming at God, asking him to please not let my fiancé die,” he said.
Charlene’s sister Marcelle said that the broken pelvis has resulted in Charlene’s loss of her left leg function and the family was raising money so that Charlene’s two young sons can come see their mother to boost her spirits.
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