Please help find Cruiser the missing terrier
Family members of a couple who recently died in an incident on the N1 near Mokopane, are urgently looking for a missing dog that belonged to the couple.
LIMPOPO – The dog, a wheaten-coloured Scottish terrier called Cruiser, was lost at the scene of the incident involving a Toyota Land Cruiser and a silver Toyota Yaris on 2 January. It is one of three dogs that were in the vehicle. A black Scotty, Pancake, was found and taken to Pretoria, where Niccy Pozzan, the sister of the deceased, Angela Pozzan, has given Pancake a new home. The other dog, a Jack Russell, broke its back during the incident, and had to be euthanised.
A family holiday and get-together at the family’s farm near Waterpoort ended on a sad note when Jacques de Jager and his girlfriend, Angela as well as the young Markus Velthuizen, the son of Jacques’s sister, Anri Velthuizen, died.
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Anri, a teacher from Rustenburg, was seriously injured and admitted to the Netcare Pholoso Hospital in Polokwane. Her husband, Luan, also sustained injuries, as well as their eight month-old son, Lukas.
Jacques and Angela recently moved to Hartebeestpoort. A memorial service for Jacques and little Markus was held at Taberna Dei East campus in Bekker Street, Fauna Park on 10 January. A service to celebrate the life of Angela was held on 8 January in Alberton.
Anyone with information regarding Cruiser is asked to contact Niccy Pozzan at 082 772 0590.
