Midrand police are appealing to the community to help them find a motor vehicle that was involved in a hit-and-run which resulted in a Sandton police officer being killed on the N1 north near the Allandale off-ramp.
Constable Eliot Mabulane, spokesperson for the Midrand Police Station, told Midrand Reporter on 8 April that the officer was hit by a light gold/brown sedan motor vehicle on 19 September
last year. He added that while on duty with two of his other colleagues, the officer identified a vehicle obstructing traffic after breaking down on the national road between 6.30am and 7am.
“Under the National Road Traffic Act, the late Constable Bafana William Nkhambule of the Sandton Police Station decided to assist and control the traffic until he was hit by the said suspected car. The vehicle did not stop. Upon arrival of the paramedics, the law enforcer was declared dead on the scene,” said Mabulane.
“We also call on the suspect/s to come forward as an intense investigation is taking place. Failure to do so will lead to them being imposed with a [much] harsher sentence due to the resources of the State being overused and costing the State a lot of money.”
He added, “The investigation is set to continue until the suspect is found and possible camera footage on the freeway will be viewed until the suspect is found.”
Mabulane concluded that a case of culpable homicide had been opened by Midrand police.
Details: Detective Sergeant Ouma Matlaila 063 747 2566; station spokesperson, Constable Eliot Mabulane 079 877 6484; 011 347 1600.
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