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) Hit by a speeding car in Hermanus
Head boy run over, killed ANDRÉ BAKKES
A travesty of inconsolable proportions has hit the northern suburbs – Milnerton High School and the Wootton family in particular. The immensely popular and exemplary head boy, Jake Wootton (18), died this Easter weekend after he was hit by a car in Hermanus on Good Friday. News of his tragic accident and untimely death spread fast on social networking sites, so by the time the school opened its doors again yesterday morning, everyone already knew. Principal Paul Besener, his staff and every single learner were devastated. Besener says everyone got together in the school hall on Tuesday during a memorial service, but he admits that the school’s grief and abject sorrow will last many more days. “We are very, very sad and shocked,” he states. “Jake was such a wonderfully well-balanced, yet unconventional person ... He was a cool guy, a nice guy...” Messages on Facebook and Twitter of denial and shock were replaced by bereavement and support on Sunday when the life support machines were switched off at the Vincent Pallotti Hospital in Pinelands. According to Lt Fadila September, spokesperson for the Hermanus police, Jake and a few of his friends were walking in Dirkie Uys Street on Friday evening at 23:20, when they heard a car approaching. “The car hooted at them, so the group split on two, but for some reason Wootton ran over to the other group before he was hit,” elaborates September. She cannot confirm at this stage
Jake Wootton (18), head boy of Milnerton High School, died at Vincent Pallotti Hospital on Sunday after he was hit by a car in Hermanus on Friday. whether alcohol played a part in the accident, but she adds that a case of culpable homicide is being investigated.
One of Jake’s best friends and eyewitness to the events that unfolded that fateful evening said in Die Burger that the eight of them were wal-
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