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) ‘Driver should have stayed’
Injured in hit & report JESSICA BOTES
Cody Kayster (12) from Kuils River was knocked off his bicycle by a car while cycling with his friends last Saturday. He was cycling down Amandel Road with his four friends and turned towards the pavement when a car sped up from behind him. The right side of the car hit Cody and he fell from his bicycle. The driver stopped after driving over Cody’s leg, looked at him and immediately drove to the Kuils River Police Station where the man reported the incident. “We are very upset that the man did not stay with Cody to check that he was okay or phoned an ambulance. We feel that he should have showed some remorse and responsibility for what he did and stayed on the scene,” said Faryl Kayster, Cody’s mother. A woman who was on the scene when the incident happened, phoned an ambulance and Cody was taken to hospital. One of his friends went to the Kayster’s home to tell Faryl that Cody had been in an accident. “I went to the hospital with him and my husband went to the police station to report the incident. That is how we found out that the man had been to the police,” said Kayster. According to Kayster, the doctors say Cody will have to stay in hospital for three to six months. “He broke his tibia and they fitted a highly specialised titanium instrument to his leg which has to be adjusted every week to force the bone back into position,” said Kayster. He will also need months of physiotherapy but doctors say he will eventually be able to use his leg again. “Cody is an active child and this was his last year of primary school. He will miss out on a lot of things, but God will make him strong,” said Kayster. The Kaysters are upset that police did not go to the scene of the accident and they feel the police have not followed the correct procedures in dealing with the case. “There is something sinister going on. Certain things written in the police docket are not the same as what really happened,” alleges Kayster. According to Captain Isaac van Niekerk, the Kuils River police communications officer, they are aware of the claims made by the Kaysters and they are investigating these. “The driver of the car was at the station and he did give the necessary information. A docket has been opened and investigations are under way,” said Van Niekerk. The Kaysters have made a case against the driver of the car. “If he had taken responsibility we would not have made a case against him. Parents and motorists should stay alert and keep the safety of children in mind,” said Kayster.
Cody Kayster and his mother, Faryl in the Kuils River Netcare Hospital.
Photo: Jessica Botes