\u2019n Welbekende sakeman van Brackenfell, Bessie Bester (53), is gistermiddag om sowat 12:45 dood in \u2019n botsing met \u2019n petroleumgas-tenkwa op die R27 naby Mamre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bester was die eienaar van die sakeonderneming Bessie Bester Vervoer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens die vragmotorbestuurder, wat nie ernstige beserings opgedoen het nie, het Bester glo beheer verloor oor sy Daihatsu Tirion verloor. Hy is op die toneel dood verklaar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die tenkwa, wat 10 000 liter hoogs vlambare vloeibare petroleumgas vervoer het, het in die pad omgeslaan en die ho\u00eb risiko toneel is met \u2019n radius van 3 km afgesper om \u2019n moontlike ontploffingsone te skep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die Stad Kaapstad se brandweer- en reddingspersoneel is dadelik na die toneel ontbied en moes binne die ontploffingsone werk om te verseker dat daar nie enige gas dampe vanuit die tenkwa gelek het nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGespesialiseerde tegniese reddingstoerusting moes gebruik word om vonke te voorkom,\u201d s\u00ea JP Smith, die stad se burgemeesterskomiteelid vir veiligheid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reddingspersoneel het op die toneel gewag vir die kontrakteur om die petroleumgas uit die tenkwa te verwyder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Persone na aan Bester vermoed dat hy ten tye van sy dood onderweg was na Dwarskersbos waar sy ma woonagtig is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vanessa Da Costa, sy sakebestuurder, s\u00ea sy dood word deur die gemeenskap betreur. \u201cMense was lief vir hom. Hy was \u2019n groot man met \u2019n groot hart, \u2019n goeie ou. Hy was altyd bereid om mense in nood te help en daarvoor moet hy vereer word. Hy het baie hard gewerk, dag en nag om di\u00e9 nuwe besigheid op die been te kry,\u201d s\u00ea sy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bester was vroe\u00ebr die eienaar van die Withuis Sosiale Klub in Vredekloof, maar die besigheid was genoodsaak om sy deure toe te maak tydens die pandemie, nadat Bester vir bykans twee maande met Covid-19 in die hospitaal gekoppel was aan \u2019n ventilator. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Huldeblyke het sedert gister op sosiale media ingestroom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBessie was \u2019n \u2018legend\u2019 in Brackenfell,\u201d skryf Marie Antoinette Vos. Ook Liezl Rover Smith het haar meegevoel getoon: \u201cDis baie hartseer nuus. Hy was welbekend en baie geliefd in die noordelike voorstede. Baie sterkte aan sy familie. Ons dink almal aan julle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rinette Maritz skryf: \u201cBessie was die een wat ons kon vetrou om ons betyds by die lughawe te kry. Altyd stiptelik en vriendelik. Rus in vrede Bessie.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bester word oorleef deur sy dogter Nicole (24), sy ma Magda, broer Francois, skoonsuster Letitia en hul twee dogters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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