Sword victim's friend killed
2008-10-12 23:51
Krugersdorp - A friend of sword murder victim Jacques Pretorius was killed in a crash on the way home from his part-time job at a bar on Friday night.
Henry Reynders, 18, a Grade 10 pupil at Nic Diederichs Technical High School was killed outright when a motorist apparently cut in in front of him on the corner of Robert Broom Drive and Cruz Street.
Reynders had been on a motorbike.
The impact of the crash was so severe that his body was flung 25m through the air, landing on a car.
The driver of the car informed Reynders' uncle, Wikus, of the accident.
Reynders was already dead when his father Jurie and mother Elriana arrived on the scene.
Pretorius, 16, was killed when a fellow pupil went berserk at the school and slashed him with a Samurai sword.