As a devastated Missionvale mother watched her son’s tiny coffin being carried out after his funeral service, angry residents demanded justice for the toddler who was killed when a taxi crashed through the fence and into the yard where he was playing.

Two-year-old Lutho Situngu died on November 15 while having fun with his friends — Akum Pink, 4, and one-year-old Akuthi Pink  — in their enclosed garden...