Taxi driver charged with killing couple in Cummings Lodge collision

Mark Cameron, the taxi driver who collided with a couple along the Cummings Lodge Railway Embankment last Friday morning, was yesterday charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and placed on a total of $700,000 bail.

It is alleged that on Friday, September 1, Cameron drove HC 4097 in a manner dangerous to the public, resulting in the deaths of Dennis Ross and his girlfriend, Jewel Pestano. Cameron pleaded not guilty to the charges when he appeared before Magistrate Alisha George at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court.

He was granted $350,000 bail on each charge and the matter was adjourned to October 9.