“I miss my daddy” are the words of Chaney Boshoff and young daughter of Johannes Boshoff who was run over and killed in a pedestrian accident last weekend (Sunday 25 October).
In the early hours of that morning Boshoff, 36, was walking home in Village Street after he had spent the previous evening gambling at a nearby casino. As he was about to cross a busy road near a petrol station, a motorist allegedly skipped the stop street and hit Boshoff.
The impact was so severe he flung into the air, bounced off the road and landed about three metres from the vehicle.
He leaves behind his fiancée, Chanel Joubert of 12 years and his children Cheryl, Jayden and Chaney Boshoff aged two, six and eight.
Joubert said a case of culpable homicide has been opened. She also feels the driver should have been arrested that night after he allegedly confessed to drinking and driving. Joubert added the kids are taking the death of their father badly.
She, Chaney, is taking this badly while her sister does not show much emotion at this stage. We just want to get through this week.”
Joubert would like to thank everybody for their love and support in this difficult time, in particular the Christian Fellowship Church and Randfontein Primary School.
Boshoff will be buried on Friday 30 October at 2pm at the Christian Fellowship church close to Uncle Harry’s Roadhouse.
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