Boy burnt alive playing in car
2006-05-15 23:04
Moletji - A five-year-old boy died a fiery death at the weekend after apparently playing with matches in a car.
Reneilwe Thapedi burnt to death inside a car in the Moletji-Madigorong settlement outside Polokwane in Limpopo.
Superintendent Patty Khumalo of Capricorn police said the child presumably was playing with a box of matches in the car.
While he was playing, one of the car seats caught fire and the flames spread rapidly.
By the time relatives reached the scene, the car - with the child inside - was enveloped in flames. The fire brigade was called, but couldn't save him.