Mbali Dhlamini15 October 2024 | 11:01
Case against Carletonville crash driver Gert van Emmenis postponed to January
Gert van Emmenis appeared in court briefly on Tuesday morning facing charges of culpable homicide.
Gert van Emmenis (left), the man charged for the Carletonville crash that claimed 12 lives, appeared at the Fochville Magistrate's Court on 18 July 2024. Picture: Katlego Jiyane/EWN
JOHANNESBURG - The case against a driver involved in an accident that killed 11 learners in Carletonville in July has been postponed to 2025.
Gert van Emmenis will return to the Fochville Magistrates Court on 20 January after further investigations.
He appeared in court briefly on Tuesday morning facing charges of culpable homicide.
Van Emmenis was driving his bakkie on the morning of the accident, when it rammed into a taxi transporting the children, killing the 11 learners and their driver.