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Police officer seriously injured in accident
Several police vehicles were involved in a high speed chase through the Avenues after a call was logged for a house robbery in progress.
A member of the Edenvale SAPS was transported to hospital with serious injuries following an accident on First Avenue this afternoon, February 25.
According to information received several police vehicles were involved in a high speed chase through the Avenues after a call was logged for a house robbery in progress.
Acting spokesperson for the Edenvale SAPS, Lieutenant Colonel Robbie Roberts who was on scene said he had not received any feed back on the officers condition.
“The officer suffered serious injuries when the vehicle rolled onto the pavement,” Lt Col Roberts said.
A number of roads around the scene have been closed.
They are very lucky to have missed that electrical box next to the pole.
This is not surprising, the police vehicles in Endenvale, in fact all of Johannesburg, drive too fast, they have no regard for the rules of the road, do not stop at traffic lights or stop streets, over take on solid white lines etc. Clearly this police vehicle did not stop at the stop street, resulting in this accident. Responding to an emergency does not give police vehicles the right to ignore the rules of the road and in so doing endanger the lives of other road users. The incident reported above also involved a civilian vehicle which was damaged in this same incident. Why is this not reported on in this article, what is the condition of the civilian who’s car was also damaged?
Thank heavens there weren’t any poor fellas in the back of the van. They would have had a hard time staying alive with the tyre rims kept in the back of those vans flying around too.