Tow truckers arrested with money allegedly lifted from accident on N4

Two local tow truck drivers allegedly stole around R16 000 from victims of a serious road accident that left two people dead on Wednesday night.

 It was reported that the duo, both new employees at Thomson Towing, were found in possession of about R9 000 and R6 000 respectively, that they had allegedly stolen from the accident victims.

The police had received a tip-off from some drivers of other towing services. Reportedly, the witnesses told the police that the money belonged to one of the passengers of the taxi who had been in the accident during which two people were killed, while five others were in a critical condition, and nine had sustained minor to moderate injuries.

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Thomson Towing’s owner, Tommie Thomson, said he was “shocked and disappointed” when he heard the two employees had allegedly stolen from the accident.

“They had not even been employed at Thomson for more than a month. The one guy had been with the business for three weeks while the other one had only been employed for a week and a half.

“Thomson Towing has worked so hard to build up a good reputation. This is not how we do business and what these two men did was unacceptable. I don’t want anything to do with them.

“They were both desperate for work and so I took a chance on them and then they do something like this. This is not how we operate. There is no excuse for what they did. I am so disappointed.”

Thomson thanked the other towing companies for alerting authorities regarding this incident.

This is a developing story. Lowvelder will update the article as soon as more information becomes available.

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