NORTH WEST. – Several colleagues of AO Eunice Nortman have expressed condolences on police groups following her death on Monday after a vehicle struck her at a local shopping centre in Lichtenburg and ran over her. Messages on social media are asking that the distribution of a video of the incident be stopped due to its sensitivity and respect for her family.
Nuusflits has seen the video where Nortman walks at a pedestrian crossing. She points to a vehicle that accelerates the next moment, hits her and then repeatedly runs over her midsection while she is dragged along. The vehicle comes to a halt when it collides with another vehicle.
Nortman is one of the Wessels twins and daughter of Bok and Ina Wessels. Frieda Cronjé wrote on the Facebookpage Ons Storie that the community is saying goodbye to Eunice with great sadness. She leaves behind her husband, Willem, her children and other family members and friends. The family and loved ones are wished strength during this difficult time.
According to the NH Church in Lichtenburg, Nortman's memorial service takes place on Wednesday 28 October 2026 at 11:00. The service will be conducted by Rev. Gerhard Viviers and will be available via a livestream (livestream).
Nuusflits requested police comment.
Read below what Ian Cameron has to say about the incident and the video:
I am absolutely horrified by the traumatic video circulating of SAPS officer, Eunice Nortman being run over and killed in Lichtenburg. It is heartbreaking and I struggle to comprehend how her life could end like this.
I will not repost the video. Her family and colleagues should not have to keep reliving those moments. She was a person with loved ones, a life and a future. She deserved to get home safely.
Deliberately driving over another human being is evil, and any evidence of that must be pursued without hesitation. Nobody should dismiss this as "just an accident" before the evidence has been properly examined.
The driver must face the full consequences of whatever the investigation establishes. Bail must also be opposed at all cost. Her family deserves answers and justice, not excuses or a case that quietly disappears.
To Eunice's family, loved ones and colleagues: my heartfelt condolences. What you are going through is unimaginable. Her life mattered. Her death must receive the urgency and seriousness it deserves.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
