Truck Driver Jailed For 10 Years For N3 Horror Crash That Claimed Life Of Rti Officer, Tow-truck Operator

The Department of Transport in KwaZulu-Natal has welcomed a 10 year jail sentence handed to truck driver Ndumiso Petros Dzandibe who crashed into two people on the N3 highway last year, killing them.

Dzandibe, 35, was sentenced in the Pietermaritzburg Magistrates Court this week.

Kavish Ramnaraya, a tow truck driver and Zithulele Ntshangase, a Principal Provincial Inspector, died on September 2, 2023.

The duo were trying to assist with an accident, when a second truck, driven by Dzandibe, ploughed into them.

At the time of the accident, the Department of Transport said the brakes of the first truck failed, causing the driver to lose control, and the vehicle overturned.