Jan 2 2012 - Alberton cyclists Hendry Raats, 53, and Mrs Thereza Kruger, 48 were run down and killed on their tandem-bicycle by a police-van in broad daylight and in good weather-conditions on the R550 highway in Kliprivier between 9.30 and 10am near the Alewynspoort Road.
SAPS superintendent Eddie Bennett, said the accident ‘is being investigated and a case of culpible homicide is being investigated’. Mr Raats was a manager at the fuel-from-coal installation Sasol, and Mrs Kruger was an accountant. Both came from Alberton.
MP Marti Wenger (DA), a former ‘Midvaal’ region mayor, drove past the accident scene just before 10am and called the emergency services. “The police vehicle was in a ditch and the police officers who had been inside, were standing around in the road,’ said Wenger. Kruger leaves her husband and three children behind: Lou-Mari , 28, Roelf, 25, and Johan, 17. Mr Raats leaves two adult sons, Ernest and Jacques, noted the Alberton Record Alberton Police: Phone: SouthAfrica_27_011-8616800
