News24 reports that two Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) officers were killed and a third was injured when a suspected drunk driver crashed into them at an accident scene on Saturday.
One of the three officers, who was off duty, had initially been injured in an accident on the R80 Mabopane highway earlier that evening, according to metro police spokesperson, Senior Superintendent Isaac Mahamba. The other two, who were on duty, went to the scene and while they were trying to help her, became involved in a second accident. The off-duty officer was killed in the second crash, as well as one of the officers who helped her. The third officer was injured. The driver of the Mercedes Benz involved in the second crash, who was also injured, was arrested for suspected drunk driving.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Getrude Makhafola at News24
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