A MAN accused of driving drunk and crashing into a minibus full of school children was let off the hook in the Nelspruit District Court because the police failed to take statements from the survivors. Carl Furter, 34, was never asked to plead on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol. Police allegedly recorded blood alcohol levels higher than the limit of 0.05ml from a sample taken from Furter after the accident on October 26 last year. Magistrate Piet Smit dropped the case pending a proper police investigation. – African Eye News Service