Mamelodi Sundowns winger Tebogo Langerman was granted R1 000 bail by the Midrand Magistrates’ Court on 30 July for reckless driving and driving over the speed limit.
Langerman was one of the 30 people arrested on 29 and 30 July for driving above the speed limit by the Gauteng Traffic Police’s High Speed Unit. The 32-year-old soccer player was arrested on the N1 in Midrand for travelling at a speed of 180km/h in a 120km/h zone.
“The soccer player was caught in his Silver Toyota Quest,” said the spokesperson for the Department of Community Safety Ofentse Morwane.
“He claimed that he was rushing back home in Roodepoort after dropping off a friend in Centurion. He was arrested on the spot and taken to the Midrand Police Station where he was formally charged.”
The spokesperson for the Midrand Police Station Constable Thabiso Selowa confirmed the case. “He was arrested and has appeared before the court where he was granted bail,” she said.
Morwane added that the highest speed recorded over that weekend was on the N1 North of Pretoria where a driver of an Audi Q5 was caught doing 219km/h. “The driver claimed that his father was admitted to hospital in Polokwane but it could not be confirmed,” said Morwane.
Sundowns spokesperson Thulani Thuswa had not responded to questions by the time of going to press.
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