The following email was received by Strand Neighbourhood Watch on July 20, 2015 with subject “Veg vir sy lewe” (Fight for his life).
Despite patrols by SAPS on the N2 motorway it is still dangerous to be on the N2 at night. Travel during daylight hours if at all possible.
“Our long-time friends’ son (28) was on Friday evening, July 17, 2015, at half past seven on the N2 towards Cape Town with a Polo. At Boy’s Town they drove over bricks which were thrown into the road, and a tire burst. They stopped and he got out to change the tire. He kept the car key with him and locked the doors with the remote to protect the girls.
While bending at the wheel, he was attacked from behind with a knife. The attack was so violent that the knife was struck through his collarbone. Despite of his injured collarbone a fierce battle took place between him and his attacker. He was stabbed several times in the leg, forearm, side and hand as they rolled in the grass.
He managed to unlock the car and they drove off. He turned off at the Baden Powell off-ramp to make a U-turn, back to the Engen garage. As a result of the loss of blood he was losing consciousness. He and one of the girls changed places. They did not realize the extent of his injuries and every time they wanted to stop the bleeding, they pushed the collarbone into his body.
While they were traveling with the flat tire, they called his brother, who called the police and an ambulance and rushed to the Engen garage. When he arrived at the garage, his brother was already unconscious. The ambulance never arrived and the police could not do anything for him.
In desperation his brother carried him to his bakkie and rushed to the Medi-Clinic in Somerset West. On arrival an operation was carried out on him and the collarbone was repaired and the wounds stitched.
He is at home today. It is simply the grace of God that he is alive. His parents were at the Victoria Falls when the incident occurred, and the first time they heard of the incident was when they arrived at the home on Saturday evening.
Its incidents like this that test my faith to the utmost.”
Source – Strand Neighbourhood Watch
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