A coloured woman in her late twenties, early thirties was killed after being thrown out of a vehicle on Kliprivier Drive, near to the N12 on and off ramps on Saturday evening, April 9 around 23:00.
According to Warrant Officer Lorraine van Emmerik, Communication Official Booysens SAPS, after she had been thrown from the car, a white Bantam bakkie with a canopy on and company signage, the driver turned around, rode over her and dragged her for about 150 metres before he fled the scene.
The woman died within seconds of the car hitting her and the driver of the car fled the scene. Emergency services Netcare 911 arrived but she had already passed away from her injuries.
Booysens SAPS is investigating the murder.
The CHRONICLE spoke to a resident from Zena Street, Gillview. “I distinctly heard a vehicle braking hard, wheels spinning and then what sounded like a shot but it could have been a car backfiring. This was at around 23:15. I had a gut feeling something awful had happened and when I looked out of the window not long after I saw ambulance lights. This is a terrible tragedy.”
