Another police officer allegedly involved in fatal hit-and-run
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate has arrested a 46-year-old police officer believed to have been involved in a fatal hit-and-run in the Southern Cape.
He had allegedly knocked over two children, aged three and four, on Nelson Mandela Boulevard in Thembalethu, near George, on the 29th of July.
The four-year-old did not survive.
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IPID spokesperson Phaladi Shuping detailed the charges the cop now faces
"The three-year-old was later discharged from hospital. The officer was arrested earlier today [Tuesday], and he will appear in the Thembalethu Magistrate's Court on Monday facing charges of culpable homicide, attempted murder and defeating the ends of justice."
On Monday, a KZN police officer linked to the Presidential Protection Services was found dead at a hotel in Umhlanga after he allegedly knocked over and killed a 26-year-old woman in Phoenix in an apparent hit-and-run incident.
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