News24 reports that a Free State police officer and a woman died after a truck ploughed into an accident scene on the N1 near Kroonstad on Monday.
Police spokesperson Sergeant Mahlomola Kareli said the police officer, Sergeant Ishmael Morake, was regulating traffic after a bakkie and a truck crashed into each other, 15km toward Kroonstad from Ventersburg, when another truck “came out of nowhere and claimed his life and [the life of] a passenger, 34." The woman who died is believed to have been a passenger in the bakkie that was involved in the initial crash, in which there had not been any casualties. According to Kareli, the fatal accident was due to road debris caused by the first accident. Police are investigating two counts of culpable homicide. No arrests have yet been made. Free State police provincial commissioner, Lieutenant General Baile Motswenyane, conveyed her condolences to the family of the deceased and added: When police officers leave their homes to report on duty, there is always a possibility that they will not see their loved ones again. The reality of what happened last night hits hard.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Tshepiso Motloung at News24
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