The family of a one-year-old child, who died when she was run over, allegedly by a speeding vehicle within the premises of a Johannesburg creche yesterday, claimed that police officers turned them away without opening a case.
The child's mother, Chiedza Sjambok told African News Agency that they went to the Sandringham police station on Saturday, begging the police officers to arrest the driver, but they told them they should return on Monday, as it was weekend.
She said the police confirmed that the motorist was at the station earlier in the day, and that they let him walk.
Sjambok said she dropped her child at the daycare centre on her way to work on Saturday morning.
"We were really shocked to hear that we need to come to the station on Monday to open a case. The same police officers tell us that the motorist was at the police station and opened a case of mere negligence. An innocent child is lying in the mortuary right now and we are told to come back on Monday. Doesn't the police work on weekends? This adds massive pain to our sorrow right now", a family member said.
Gauteng police spokesperson, Brigadier Mathapelo Peters said the matter was under investigation.
