Duduzane Zuma’s version of fatal crash plausible, expert tells court

JOHANNESBURG - Forensic engineer and accident reconstruction expert Konrad Lotter said on Thursday Duduzane Zuma’s version of events that he lost control of his Porsche 911 was plausible.

Lotter was testifying in Zuma’s culpable homicide case at the Randburg Magistrates Court, where Zuma is on trial for a 2014 accident in which his car crashed into a minibus taxi in Sandton, killing one person. Lotter said the defence theory that the Porsche lost control due to aquaplaning was possible, and a vehicle doesn’t need to be driving at excessive speeds for aquaplaning to occur. He said the resting distance of both Zuma’s Porsche and the minibus from the crash point showed that they were travelling at the same speed.This corroborates Zuma’s estimate that his speed was between 90km/h and 100km/h but left questions about why he told insurance assessors that he was doing 70km/h.

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