Court awards R5.4m to arm amputee after train attack

A FOREIGN national who had to have his arm amputated will be compensated to the tune of R5.4 million by the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) for medical expenses and loss of earnings.

- CHEVON BOOYSEN

This comes after the man was attacked on a train on August 26, 2017, at the Koeberg station in Cape Town.

His unknown assailants pushed him through the open doors of the train.

He underwent an above-elbow amputation of the left arm and sustained soft tissue injury to the lumbar spine.

The man, who holds a matric-equivalent qualification from the Democratic Republic of Congo, was employed as a Code 14 driver at the time of the incident and has since been unable to work.

He now assists his spouse as an informal trader selling fresh produce from a temporary stall at their home.