By Staff Reporter

Premier Modise welcomes no bail for motorist who ran over pupil 

  North West Premier Thandi Modise has welcomed that a man who allegedly knocked down and killed a pupil while driving a security company vehicle in Mahikeng was denied bail.

In conveying condolences to the family of the girl who was ran over by the vehicle driven by 33- year-old Kabelo Mathikga, Premier Modise condemned irresponsible driver behaviour which accounts for most accidents and deaths on public roads .

 “The upsurge in road accidents and road deaths have reached unacceptable proportions and call for intensified traffic law enforcement and united action to support the decade of action for road safety campaign” stressed Modise. 

  According to police, Mathikga was arrested on Saturday following the accident that occurred near Montshiwa post office after he allegedly ran over a girl while trying to overtake another cat at a three-way junction on Friday afternoon. He appeared briefly in the Mmabatho Magistrates Court on Monday.

 The pupil who was declared dead at the scene was reportedly trying to cross the road near the post office on her way from school.

Mathikga was later attacked and his vehicle damaged by community members and other pupils who witnessed the accident.

Police came to his rescue after they were alerted to the incident by other residents.

The man will be back in court on 3 May to answer to charges of culpable homicide and drunken driving.