Simo was killed on a Cape Town Metrorail line last week Friday, April 12. He would have celebrated his 17th birthday on Sunday, April 14.
“So Simo, along with other passengers and his friends, jumped from the stuck train. But during this commotion, Simo’s bag got caught inside the train he was jumping from. In those minutes he was trying to get free, the other train passed by, and because of the impact of the passing train, he fell, hitting his head on the stationery train,” she said."He was the sweetest person. I don’t even think he was capable of disrespect or back-chatting.
"My sister had been in hospital since April 7, because of a blood clot in her leg that she had injured a few years back. But after we told her the news of Simo, her condition got worse and she died.
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