Teen, 16, knocks cyclist before crashing vehicle into house

A 16-year-old boy, driving alone, crashed into a cyclist before smashing through a garden wall and overturning the vehicle he was in.

Where did the teenager crash the vehicle?

The incident occurred in the garden of a house in Birchleigh North, Kempton Park. Gau-Med Emergency Services said they responded to the scene of the motor vehicle accident together with Alpha Security & Alarms – Pty Ltd.

According to Gau-Med Emergency Services, one male patient sustained serious injuries which required advanced life support intervention. The individual was stabilised at the scene before being transported to a nearby hospital for further care.

Authorities are investigating the cause of the accident

“It’s alleged that a 16-year-old boy was driving the vehicle alone when he lost control and hit a cyclist, the vehicle ended up in a residential house.  Local authorities were on scene to investigate the cause of the accident,”

said Gau-Med Emergency Services.

Five years on, man sentenced to 8 years for crash that killed young couple

Meanwhile, it was previously reported that Andrew Kagiso Malele was sentenced to eight years behind bars for culpable homicide. Malele is accused of causing the deaths of a young couple 26-year-old Ruan Coen and 25-year-old Jessika Kennedy.  The horrific car crash took the lives of the newly engaged couple occurred five years ago. Malele was sentenced after he appeared before the Pretoria Regional Court on Thursday, 21 July.

He was sentenced to a further three years’ behind bars for drunk driving and the sentences are to run concurrently. The Pretoria Regional Court went a step further and also cancelled the accused’s driver’s licence. Malele pleaded guilty to the crime in the same court in May of this year. Since news of Malele’s sentencing broke on 21 July, AfriForum welcomed the sentence stating that it should send a strong message to would-be drunk drivers in SA.

Magistrate Kallie Bosch noted that the crash was a very traumatic one for the families of the young couple, reports TimesLIVE. She stated that the court has a duty to send a message to those who commit crimes such as drinking and driving and that they need to be severely punished. Read the full story here.