Swazi truck driver denied bail in horror Pinetown smash

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 The truck driver charged with the deaths of 24 people in a horror accident in Pinetown has been denied bail.

Sanele May broke down in tears today when magistrate Gwendolyn Robinson made the ruling on Tuesday.

She said May was in the country illegally, and for her to grant him bail the court would be required to legalise his residency status while he was awaiting trial.

Magistrate Robinson said the courts did not have such authority.

May faces the 24 murder charges after his truck ploughed into four minibus taxis and two cars at an intersection in Pinetown on the 5th of September.