Jaguar smash costs police R1.2m

Published 7th March 2016

This from iol.co.za:

Durban – The SAPS has to pay more than R1.2 million to compensate an Umhlanga car dealership after an out-of-the-box Jaguar was written off in an accident caused by a policeman.

The black Jaguar F type, V8 SC was the launch vehicle of the model which was being introduced in South Africa at the time. It was valued at more than R1.3 million, but, after the accident – which occurred on the N3 near the Spaghetti Junction a Sunday afternoon in July 2013 – it was sold for scrap for R112 000 and Jaguar Umhlanga sued the minister of police and the policeman for the balance.

In the recent trial before Durban High Court Judge Themba Sishi, the driver, Trevor Clack, employed as the dealership’s brand manager, said he was taking the car on a test drive before the launch in the coming week.

“The sky was blue and the visibility was clear,” he said.

As he passed The Pavilion Shopping Centre, he changed lanes from the extreme right-hand one to the middle one.

Full story here:

http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/pics-jaguar-smash-costs-police-r12m-1994149