An accident reconstruction expert said on Monday that Top Billing presenter Simba Mhere’s car was possibly travelling at a higher speed than that of the man accused of his death.

Mhere and his friend Kady-Shay O’Bryan died in the smash.

Mhere and O’Bryan‚ who was a passenger in the car Mhere was driving‚ died on the scene of the accident on William Nicol Drive in Fourways‚ Johannesburg‚ on January 31‚2015.

Preshalin Naidoo‚is facing charges of culpable homicide and reckless and negligent driving for the pair’s deaths. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

“It is possible that the deceased’s vehicle was travelling at higher speed than the accused‚” said Stanley Bezuidenhout‚ who is a defence witness.

He said if Mhere’s car was moving at slow pace‚ it would have moved sideways and not forward as it did.

“The primary cause of the accident was a mechanical failure‚” Bezuidenhout said. — TMG Digital