‘Joy ride’ crash ends family’s peaceful Saturday afternoon
The driver is believed to have lost control of the powerful car in which he decided to go for a 'joy ride'.
A family in the Mpati area had their Saturday afternoon ‘rudely interrupted’ when a car smashed through the palisade fencing around their Italeni Street home.
The driver, thought to be around 16 and unlicensed, apparently fled the accident scene but was soon traced to a house some blocks away.
The family said they struggled to get assistance from the SAPS, but managed to seek help through a WhatsApp security group who, in turn, alerted the authorities.
The affected family said arrangements had been made for the youth’s parents to pay for the damage.
The driver is believed to have lost control of the powerful car in which he decided to go for a ‘joy ride’.
Fortunately, no one was injured.
