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Sukhari family devastated: drunk driver kills four despite warnings to police
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|November 19, 2025
THREE weeks after a drunk driver claimed the lives of four members of the same family on Diwali day, surviving relatives are speaking out about their devastating loss.
THE Sukhari family, from left: Shanitha, Nicole, Trisha and Sewkumar 'Smiley'. Supplied
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The Sukhari family is calling for stronger enforcement of drunk-driving laws after authorities allegedly failed to respond to warnings about the reckless driver before the fatal collision.
A couple had recorded the driver's reckless behaviour before the deadly crash and alerted law enforcement authorities who allegedly failed to act.
The October 20 accident, which happened between Sasolburg and Johannesburg, claimed the lives of Sewkumar “Smiley” Sukhari, 62; his wife Shanitha, 59; and their daughters, Trisha, 26, and Nicole, 24.
The Sukhari family were visiting friends, delivering Diwali sweetmeats, when tragedy struck.
In an interview on Monday, Sewkumar Sukhari’s brother, Vinesh Sukhari, alleged a drunk driver in a white bakkie veered repeatedly into oncoming traffic before colliding head-on with his family’s vehicle.
He said the tragedy occurred on what should have been a sacred and celebratory day — Diwali.
“The accident occurred on an auspicious day for Hindus worldwide. Diwali, a festival symbolising the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. My family were visiting friends and delivering sweetmeats when the accident happened,” said Sukhari.
He said video footage taken by another couple who were travelling on the same road at the time, showed a white bakkie being driven recklessly by a man allegedly under the influence of alcohol.
He claimed the couple who filmed the footage alerted both the South African Police Service and Sasolburg Traffic Police, but no intervention followed.
“Shortly thereafter, the driver of the white bakkie made a U-turn and travelled towards Sasolburg, where he collided head-on with my brother’s vehicle.
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