The bakkie driver who left a dad paralysed and his family injured following a hit and run incident has handed himself over to police.
The 39-year-old man who cannot be identified had allegedly been under the influence of alcohol on 2 March when he drove along the Main Road in Eerste River and crashed into the Toyota Corolla of Theo Rasmus, 53, and his wife Tamara, 52, from Forest Heights.
Theo and his wife had just returned from Durbanville where they had picked up their 24-year-old daughter and her boyfriend from a concert.
Tamara told the Daily Voice that they had been at a T-Junction and had the right of way when a driver in a bakkie without his lights on crashed into them.
She says the driver fled the scene, but left behind his identity book and was traced to his address in Kraaifontein.
SMASHED: The bakkie driven by the suspect. PHOTO: SUPPLIED.
Theo was left with spinal injuries and is paralysed from the neck down.
She says Theo, who is on a ventilator, has since begun communicating with his family.
Police spokesperson Captain FC van Wyk confirms: “The driver of the vehicle came himself to the Police Station to report the accident. He was not arrested.
“A traffic officer was first on the scene and he opened a reckless and negligence case. It cannot be confirmed if the driver was under the influence. The investigations continues.”
Tamara says while they are happy that the man had handed himself over, it doesn’t change her husband’s condition.
“For me, an apology will not make it better, why did he run away?” she asks.