News24 reports a Limpopo police officer died in a collision on Saturday night on the R579 near Sepanapudi.

Constable Vongani Baloyi, 37, attached to the Local Criminal Record Centre (LCRC) in Lebowakgomo, died when he was knocked off his motorbike by another vehicle. He was then driven over by a second vehicle and died instantly. The officer had spent the day attending to an accident scene between a taxi and a truck, in which eight people died, near Podungwane. He was on his way home to Westenburg after his shift when the accident took place. "The police were called to the scene, and on arrival, the deceased was found still under the Toyota bakkie that drove over him and dragged him for several metres," said police spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo.

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