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Infant dies after taxi ignores stop sign and crashes into mom
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Johannesburg: A Mpumalanga taxi driver, who was allegedly chasing a motorist for ferrying passengers, ignored a stop sign and crashed into a woman carrying an infant.
The five-month-old infant died at the scene.
The mother and a man who the taxi crashed into survived and were taken to hospital.
Mpumalanga police have since warned road users to adhere to road traffic signs, with a view to avoid ingunnecessary loss of lives.
On Tuesday, the child’s 25-year-old mother was carrying the infant in Amersfoort. A 20-year-old man was walking nearby.
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An apparent fight over passengers in Mpumalanga ended tragically when a five-month-old baby died allegedly after the woman carrying her was hit by a taxi.
The taxi driver, Sibonise Patrick Mathebula, 31, appeared in the Amersfoort Magistrate s Court on Wednesday on charges of culpable homicide and reckless and negligent driving.
Mpumalanga police spokesperson Colonel Donald Mdhluli said Mathebula had allegedly ignored a stop sign as he chased after a white Toyota Avanza from Ermelo.
He allegedly lost control of the vehicle and hit two pedestrians - a 20-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman, carrying a five-month-old baby.