Franschhoek Tatler - April 2015

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April 2015

FRANSCHHOEK

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Bus tragedy claims four lives

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Fresh concerns regarding traffic safety on pass

A memorial to Russel Riffel now marks the scene of the tragic accident. Inset: The mangled bicycles of the two Italian cyclists shortly after the accident.

The tragic bus accident in the Franschhoek Pass on Saturday, 7 March 2015, in which 3 people died and many were injured has again raised concerns about traffic safety on this route. An Italian cyclist who was also involved in the accident died in hospital a week later. Die bus met 27 ondersteuners en spanlede van Franschhoek Rugbyklub aan boord was onderweg na ‘n vriendskaplike wedstryd in Grabouw toe die ongeluk plaasgevind het. Die bus het vir twee fietsryers uitgeswenk en toe gerol. Gerugte dat die bus se remme gebreek het kon nie bevestig word nie en bewerings dat die bus nie padwaardig was nie is deur die buseienaar ontken. Drie buspassasiers het in die ongeluk gesterf. Hulle was Russel Riffel (25), Denzil Boonzaaier (20) en Abraham Leibrandt (61). ‘n Gedenkdiens vir die oorledenes is op Dinsdag, 10 Maart, by die Groendal Sportgronde gehou terwyl die begrafnisse op Saterdag 14 Maart plaasgevind het. Die twee Italiaanse fietsryers, Linda Scattolin (40) – wat in Groote Schuur Hospitaal oorlede is – en Edith Niederfriniger (42), het reeds in November 2014 in Suid-Afrika aangekom om vir die Ystermankompetisie in Port Elizabeth te oefen. Die Westelike Provinsie Rugby-unie (WPRU)

het die koste van die begrafnisse gedra en R30 000 tot ‘n bystandsfonds bygedra. ‘n Kollekte vir die fonds is ook by die Superrugby-wedstryd tussen die Stormers en Chiefs op 14 Maart by Nuweland gehou. Kommersiële vennote van die WPRU het ook bydraes tot die fonds gemaak. ‘n Tweede fatale ongeluk het op Sondag, 8 Maart, in die pas gebeur waarin nog twee mense oorlede is. In the wake of the second fatal accident in one weekend on the pass Western Cape Transport and Public Works MEC Donald Grant indicated to the media that he is familiar with the Franschhoek Pass and that the provincial roads engineer was busy with a traffic survey on the pass that will inform future management of the road. At the time of going to press the survey had not yet been completed. In what seems an eerily prescient action Franschhoek Wine Valley asked the MEC in January 2015 to investigate restricting the size of vehicles allowed to use the pass, both for safety reasons and because of the nuisance they present to visitors to the valley. Anyone wishing to contribute to the Franschhoek Rugby Disaster Relief Fund can do so by making a deposit into the following bank account: Franschhoek Rugby Disaster Relief Fund, Standard Bank, Account number: 071411097, Branch code: 025009.

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