De Doorns Grade 9 learner, 14, killed under truck after matric ball

A 14-year-old boy, Frederico Konstabel, was killed after hanging onto a truck leaving his school’s matric ball in De Doorns. He fell beneath the vehicle and was crushed on October 8, 2026. Police have opened a culpable homicide case, and investigations are ongoing with no arrests made. The school, Hexvallei Secondary, mourns his loss and will hold a joint memorial service for him and another recently deceased student.