A Durban taxi driver was reportedly beaten to death by commuters after crashing his taxi, killing one person and injuring three others.
According to The Mercury, the out-of-control taxi knocked down two women as it approached a taxi rank on Monday afternoon. It then collided with a bus, injuring the conductor, before running down and killing rank manager James Bantu Khoza.
Police said that commuters attacked the driver with rocks and beer bottles after the crash. He was pronounced dead on the scene.
A witness told the newspaper that the taxi had been moving at a “very high speed”.
“We heard Bab’u Khoza say: ‘Slow down. What’s the rush?’ We then heard two loud bangs, only to realise that the taxi had crushed him,” said the unnamed witness.