Pongola crash which claimed 20 lives headed to High Court
The case against the truck driver who crashed into a bakkie in Pongola, killing 20 people including 18 children, is headed to trial.
Sibusiso Siyaya appeared in the Pongola Magistrates' Court on Friday.
The 28-year-old Siyaya was indicted today.
He will have to answer to 20 counts of culpable homicide.
In September, his truck collided head-on with a bakkie that was transporting schoolchildren aged between five and 13 on the N2.
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An assistant teacher who was travelling with them was also killed, along with the driver.
The NPA's Natasha Kara says the case now goes to a higher court.
"The matter has been transferred to the Mtubatuba High Court, where he will appear on 22 January 2024, for a pre-trial conference."
Siyaya was denied bail earlier this year after the state prove he was a flight risk.
