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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