A Law Enforcement officer died in accident in Springs

Loyiso Langeni
21 May 2014

A Law Enforcement officer was hit by a light motor vehicle on Kingsway road in Springs this morning.

ER24 Spokesperson Russel Meiring said Officers were on scene beforehand due to apparent protests in the rural settlement.

Meiring added that Paramedics were later told that the vehicle in question had apparently driven through the protest crowd and into the officer. The vehicle then swerved into oncoming traffic before coming to rest in the veld on the opposite side.

“ER24 paramedics and Provincial Emergency Services responded to the area where they found a large group of Ekurhuleni Metro Police Officers and other law enforcement officials. On assessment, emergency workers discovered that a vehicle that had apparently been speeding through a crowd and collided with the officer.

Unfortunately the officer sustained fatal injuries during the collision and was declared dead on scene.” Meiring said.

Local authorities will be investigating the incident. The driver of the vehicle was not injured in the incident and it is believed that he was being questioned by law enforcement on the scene.

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