ON Saturday 2 January my Toyota Tazz was parked in front of my house on the sidewalk in Groenheuwel.
At about 15:30, a bakkie hit the side of my car and then the owner drove away.
Luckily my neighbours across the road saw what happened and they told us.
They also know the guy that did it and where he lives.
I informed the police and about 20 minutes later they showed up. They took down all my details and of what happened.
I explained to them that my neighbours know who it was and where he lives. Unfortunately they did not get the registration number of this red Nissan bakkie and that is what the police told me, ‘No registration number, no case’.
On Saturday evening (the day of the accident) my wife went to the man’s house and asked his wife where the driver of the red bakkie was and she said that he was asleep (“tiep”).
She told her to tell him to come to see us because the police were looking for him.
On the Sunday, he came to my house (stone cold sober of course) and told me that he was so shocked after the incident, that he drove away.
On Wednesday 6 January, I called the police station for a case number for insurance purposes and was told that no docket had been opened and that the incident had only been recorded in the accident register. Wow!
My question is: Are the police not supposed to investigate this incident?
It was a Saturday afternoon and it is highly possible that this guy was drunk and he left the scene of the accident.
Shouldn’t the word of the witnessess mean anything?
After all they were the ones who took my wife to the man’s home. Are the Paarl East police doing their job?
Heinrich Kulsen, Paarl
