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Update: Community holds emotional vigil for Brakpan teen killed in crash involving 12-year-old driver
A sombre atmosphere prevailed this afternoon at the place in Brakpan, Ekurhuleni, where 14-year-old Malcolm Booysen died yesterday after being struck by a vehicle driven by a 12-year-old child.
Brakpan Herald reports that friends, family and well-wishers wrote messages on a large wooden cross and laid down flowers.
Malcolm's grieving parents Helen-Ann and Quinton Booysen were comforted by people at the scene.
Helen cried inconsolably before a scripture reading and prayer were held.
Malcolm's brothers Austin (18), Jason (11) and Jacques (9) took turns writing messages on the wooden cross for their brother.
His grandfather André Booysen (66) told the Brakpan Herald the family is still in shock and trying to make sense of the tragic event that claimed Malcolm's life.
Earlier today, Brakpan Herald reported that, according to City of Ekurhuleni spokesperson Zweli Dlamini, officers from the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department Accident Bureau were summoned to an accident at the corner of Northdene Avenue and Madeley Street at about 13:45 yesterday.
'The officers found the lifeless body of a 14-year-old pedestrian, who was declared deceased on scene by paramedics,' says Dlamini.
'Also on the scene, the officers found a Mazda that allegedly bumped the pedestrian, driven by a 12-year-old driver.
'The driver was handed in, accompanied by his guardian, to the Brakpan SAPS.
'It is alleged that the driver used the motor vehicle and disobeyed a stop sign and collided into the pedestrian.'
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