JANDRE Dippenaar, who is accused of causing a horrific car crash in which six people were killed near Henties Bay on 29 December 2014, is being sued by the only other survivor for close to N$11 million in damages.
The civil claim against Dippenaar, who is being sued for the equivalent of N$10,9 million, was postponed to 12 June in the Windhoek High Court this week.
In a separate criminal trial, Dippenaar is also facing six counts of murder and charges of fraud, negligent and reckless driving, and driving without a valid driver’s licence, linked to the crash that killed three of four members of a German family touring Namibia at the time. Alexandra Joschko (19), Markus Joschko (48) and Stephanie Joschko (49), as well as Namibians Dinah Pretorius (30) from Gobabis, and Charlene Schoombe (24) and JC Horn (27) from Windhoek, died in the collision on the road between Swakopmund and Henties Bay.
Antonia Joschko and Dippenaar were the only survivors of the crash.
The criminal trial continues in the Swakopmund Regional Court on 8 October. Dippenaar has denied guilt on all the charges and has blamed the crash on Markus Joschko, who was driving a rental vehicle in which the Joschko family was touring the country.
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