Boipelo Mere staff reporter THE POSTMASBURG police are investigating a case of culpable homicide after a tipper truck crashed into a home and killed a family of three in Newton, Postmasburg on Monday.
The deceased family members are Marshall Messelaar, 28, his partner Shariffah van Wyk, 30, and their two-month-old baby.
Messelaar, who was originally from Griekwastad, was reportedly working at Kolomela Mine near Postmasburg.
The truck destroyed two rooms, which are part of 11 “hostels” that are mostly rented out to mine workers.
The deceased were tenants of one of the rooms.
The truck also “flattened” a vehicle, an Opel Corsa, that is believed to have belonged to the deceased.
The police are still searching for the driver of the truck, who is on the run after fleeing the…