Kinross police warn motorists not to stop or pick up hikers on R29 after another hijacking
“Although the motorist, who is an employee of Sasol, heard the company’s internal warnings not to stop or pick up hitchhikers, he saw a hitchhiker in the slipway wearing Sasol overalls and felt compelled to help a colleague,” explained Sgt Nagel.
KINROSS – A motorist was hijacked last night, 5 June, at Kinross on the R29 towards Leandra.
The R29 road between Kinross and Leandra has become a highjacking hot spot with the number of hijackings reported along this road, tallying 21 since the beginning of this year.
According to Sgt Jaco Nagel, spokesman for Kinross Police, the latest incident happened at about 7.30pm between the slipway to Thistle Grove at the four-way intersection in Kinross and the three-way stop street near the Kinross Police Station.
“Although the motorist, who is an employee of Sasol, heard the company’s internal warnings not to stop or pick up hitchhikers, he saw a hitchhiker in the slipway wearing Sasol overalls and felt compelled to help a colleague,” explained Sgt Nagel.
However, as soon as he stopped, three other men who were armed, stormed at the motorist.
They bound him and throttled him with shoelaces. He was forced into the back of the car before the hijackers sped off towards Leandra.
Other motorists who saw the ensuing crime, called the police.
Kinross cops alerted Leandra’s police who then closed off the roads and waited for the hijackers.
Sgt Nagel said that when the hijackers saw the roadblock, they tried to avert the police by driving into the veld, all the while shooting at the police. A police vehicle was hit in the process and caught fire.
“The suspects eventually abandoned the hijacked vehicle and fled on foot.”
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