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Murder accused Desen Naidoo, who is on trial for allegedly causing a crash that killed another motorist, leaves the Durban Regional Court after his case was adjourned. Picture: Doctor Ngcobo<\/p>\n
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A police accident reconstruction expert has testified that a Durban businessman, who is charged with murder in connection with a horror crash, was speeding excessively when the accident happened. <\/p>\n
Desen Naidoo, a motor racing enthusiast, is on trial for murder before Durban regional magistrate Thomas Nhleko. <\/p>\n
He is charged with the murder of Mervin Sungreem, 31, who died after an accident which occurred at the intersection of North Coast Road and Effingham Road in May 2007. <\/p>\n
The State alleges that Naidoo, driving a modified Chevrolet Lumina, jumped a red robot and crashed into Sungreem\u2019s Polo Classic as it turned into North Coast Road. <\/p>\n
The force of the impact was so severe that the Polo was ripped in half and the car\u2019s engine and gearbox detached itself from the vehicle\u2019s body. <\/p>\n
The Lumina crashed into a wall and its engine caught on fire. <\/p>\n
Modifications on the Lumina included a supercharger. <\/p>\n
Naidoo has claimed that, relating to the accident, he suffers from retrograde amnesia, which is the loss of memory about events before a traumatic incident. <\/p>\n
He also denied that he was speeding. <\/p>\n
Yesterday, police Captain Jacques Beukes, an accident reconstruction expert, testified that according to his speed calculations Naidoo\u2019s Lumina would have been travelling at 130km\/h in a 70km zone when it crashed into the Polo. <\/p>\n
This was based on calculations in which he determined the angles of approach of the vehicles and the angles of departure after the impact. <\/p>\n
Beukes\u2019s evidence was subjected to rigorous cross- examination and Naidoo\u2019s advocate, Jimmy Howse, said Beukes\u2019s calculations were \u201chopelessly inaccurate\u201d. <\/p>\n
Howse added that Beukes had failed to take into account the significant weight of the Lumina\u2019s modifications and sound system which would have affected its speed. <\/p>\n
In response, Beukes said he did not know of the additional features at the time he did his calculations. <\/p>\n
Beukes also admitted that if Naidoo\u2019s car had been travelling at 70km\/h, he still would not have been able to avoid the accident. <\/p>\n
Earlier in the trial, motorist Christopher John Beng-ston testified that he saw a white Lumina, believed to be Naidoo\u2019s car, on the day of the crash driving on North Coast Road. <\/p>\n
Bengston said the car had attracted his attention because it was being driven very fast. <\/p>\n
Naidoo is out on bail. <\/p>\n
The case will continue today. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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