A 48-YEAR-OLD sergeant, who was implicated in a hit-and-run incident, committed suicide in an uMhlanga hotel earlier today (August 19).
“Circumstances surrounding the apparent suicide incident form part of police investigations,” said KZN SAPS spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda.
According to a statement issued by police, the hit-and-run incident took place on the Phoenix Highway on August 17, where a 26-year-old woman died after she was hit by a state vehicle.
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“Shortly after a case of culpable homicide was registered at the Phoenix Police Station, a sergeant, who was the last person to be in possession of the state vehicle in question, went to the same police station to open a case of ‘theft of a motor vehicle’. The vehicle was later found abandoned at the sugarcane fields on Saturday morning,” he added.
The driver of the vehicle failed to stop at the accident scene, and a person who went to the accident scene picked up the front registration plate, which fell off of the vehicle during the accident.
“On Monday, August 19, morning police received reports that the 48-year-old police sergeant, who was implicated in the hit-and-run incident, had taken his own life,” said Netshiunda.
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