The car suspected to have been involved in the hit-and-run accident that seriously injured Liam Scheepers has been spotted in Maraisburg on 2 September. The Scheepers family has been trying to get the police to go to the house and investigate all day, but to no avail.
Zelda Scheepers, grandmother of Liam (13) who was hit by the speeding drag racing car in Bosmont, said the family received a tip-off from a community member who spotted a car that fits the profile of the drag racing car. “We called the investigating officer to follow up but she said she would do that on Monday,” Zelda said. The family is upset as this is the second time the family had been tipped off about the drag racing car and the police failed to follow up.
Zelda said the car that was spotted had dents on the left side which is the side of the car that bumped Liam. “We have the number plate but we cannot go there as a family without the assistance of the police,” said Zelda.
Zelda said she asked the investigating officer to pass the case on to another officer to assist but the investigating officer told her they were having a police braai and everyone was busy. Northcliff Melville Times has been unable to get in contact with police to confirm that this is the case.
Zelda added that the family had been investigating the case from day one with very little assistance from the Sophiatown Police.
Sophiatown Police communications was contacted numerous times with no reply. An officer from Sophiatown advised Northcliff Melville Times to advise the family to call the 10 111 emergency number to get a van to go to the address.
Liam went home on 11 August after spending more than a month in intensive and high care in the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital because of the drag racing car that hit him and fled.
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