Former rugby star Pedrie Wannenburg killed in Texas crash by teen fleeing traffic stop

A South African rugby star died throughout a automotive wreck in Texas on Friday when an adolescent fleeing a visitors cease slammed into his automotive, native authorities stated.

Pedrie Wannenburg, 41, was inside his automotive together with his spouse Evette and their daughter Isabelle and son Francois on the time of the collision, which befell when cops tried to cease the 16-year-old driver exterior of Houston, based on the Harris County Sheriff’s Workplace.

Wannenburg’s 8-year-old son was airlifted to a hospital in crucial situation. His spouse and 10-year-old daughter weren’t injured.

The driving force struck three autos, and a fourth that would not cease in time additionally collided with the scene, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez stated. In whole six folks had been hospitalized, based on the native hearth division.

“Certainly one of our items tried to conduct a visitors cease at Greenhouse Rd & Little York when the car fled. The suspect car then struck two different autos,” Gonzalez stated in a statement on Twitter.

Gonzalez recognized the crash’s single deadly sufferer as Wannenberg, and stated his spouse and 10-year-old daughter weren’t injured by the crash.

His 8-year-old son stays in crucial situation with “light-threatening accidents,” Gonzalez stated.

The 16-year-old suspect was recognized as Ali Alabadi. He was touring 100 miles per hour in the mean time of the crash, the Houston Chronicle reported.

The sheriff’s deputy who chased Alabadi after a 5:45 p.m. visitors cease is “nonetheless speaking to the DA’s workplace” concerning the circumstances of the pursuit, Main Quincey Whitaker of the Harris County Sheriff’s Workplace stated, based on the Chronicle.

The teenager has been charged with felony homicide, reckless aggravated assault inflicting critical bodily harm and aggravated assault inflicting bodily harm, the sheriff’s workplace stated.

Wannenburg performed 20 instances for Springbok — the South African nationwide ruby group — between 2002 and 2007, and was near being chosen for South Africa’s World Cup-winning squad in France.

He later gained three titles with the Pretoria-based aspect in 2007, 2009 and 2010.

Wannenburg was based mostly in Texas, teaching Austin Elite Rugby and was the pinnacle coach of Rice College’s Rugby Membership.

With Put up wires