Truck driver Sibusiso Siyaya, who crashed into a bakkie full of schoolchildren in Pongola, KwaZulu-Natal, has been sentenced to 20 years behind bars on 16 May 2024.
The truck driver who crashed into a bakkie carrying 18 children and two adults in Pongola has been sentenced to 20 years in jail
Sibusiso Siyaya was found guilty of 20 counts of murder, reckless and negligent driving, as well as fleeing the accident scene The NPA said since the court considered the murder counts as a single act, Siyaya was sentenced to 14 years for murderThe KZN High Court sitting in Pongola sentenced truck Driver Sibusiso Siyaya to 20 years for killing 20 people when his truck crashed into a bakkie in 2022. Images: Stock ImagesDashcam footage, which captured the 2022 accident, showed Siyaya's truck overtaking another truck on a double barrier line before ramming into a bakkie occupied by 18 children and two adults.
Dorcus Nyambi was found guilty and sentenced by the Nelspruit Specialised Commercial Crime Court in Mpumalanga.
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