Trucking company involved in Durban crash 'must pay damages'
The owner of a transport company who's vehicle was damaged when a heavy
goods truck ploughed into a number of vehicles in the Durban CBD want the
owners of the truck to pay for damages.
At least 16 people were injured - some seriously - when the truck driver somehow lost control while travelling along Old Dutch Road moments before ploughing into several vehicles on Wednesday.
Sharmilla Siripam, whose bus was among those ploughed into, says their sympathy lies with the people who were hurt in the crash.
" I'm empathic to what happened to these people who were in my vehicle. It was something beyond my control because my bus was stationary at the robot and this driver of the truck, if he was awake and proceeded cautiously to the robots this would have never happened.
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"But he was probably overworked by this truck company or he's rushing for loads."
She says their bus, which is a means to put food on their table, suffered extensive damage.
"This has put me in a predictment as well as I have a loss of business with the vehicle being off the road not to mention my driver, who I made sure is okay.
"It's not a very good thing but I can't talk for anyone else because what I'm feeling at the moment is mixed. I'm dealing with two traumas at the moment, my husband and now this."
Police are investigating a case of reckless and negligent driving.
