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Carl Pistorius, brother of jailed Paralympian Oscar to be charged over motorway crash

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Carl Pistorius, brother of jailed Paralympian Oscar, to be charged over motorway crash

Mr Pistorius was left in intensive car after the head-on accident, which happened on one of the country’s main motorways towards the end of his brother’s trial for killing Reeva Steenkamp

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By Aislinn Laing, Johannesburg
3:59PM GMT 09 Jan 2015

Carl Pistorius, the brother of the athlete Oscar Pistorius who was jailed last year for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, is to be charged with reckless and negligent driving.

South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority confirmed it had served a summons on Mr Pistorius to appear before a court to face the charge in the coming weeks.

He is to be charged after a motorway car crash in August which left him in intensive care.

Mr Pistorius was trapped in his car and suffered several ruptured organs as well as severe leg injuries after the head-on collision at around 8pm on Friday August 1 last year. He attended his brother’s high-profile trial in Pretoria in a wheelchair and leg braces.

The crash was the second in which Mr Pistorius has been involved and for which he has faced charges. In May last year, he was acquitted of a culpable homicide charge over the death of a motorcyclist.

The latest crash involved two cars, Mr Pistorius’s Toyota Corolla and the other driver’s Hyundai, and happened on the N1 motorway around two hours north of Pretoria as he drove home from a business meeting.

Mr Pistorius’s family said it was caused by the other motorist, who was stuck in traffic in the opposite lane, pulling out in front of him.

The South African Police Service and the National Prosecuting Authority this week announced that Mr Pistorius, but not the other motorist, would be charged with reckless and negligent driving.

Colonel Ronel Otto, of the SAPS Limpopo, said Mr Pistorius had ignored several attempts by the investigating officer to take his statement about what happened.

“One of the biggest reasons he is being charged is because he failed to co-operate with the police investigation,” she said.

Nathi Mncube, spokesman for South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority denied this was the case.

“He has the right to remain silent, there must be evidence to bring such a charge,” he said.

He rejected suggestions on social media that South Africa’s prosecuting authority – which has appealed against a judge’s decision not to convict Oscar Pistorius for murdering Miss Steenkamp – was pursuing a “vendetta” against the family.

“We prosecute based on the evidence that’s available,” he said. “If he was involved in an accident either he or the other driver was responsible and our view, based on the evidence we have, is that he was responsible.”

Kenny Oldwadge, a lawyer acting for Mr Pistorius, declined to comment.


 
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