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North West police dismissed media reports on Sunday that a police constable who was injured in an accident near Zeerust has died.
Johannesburg – North West police dismissed media reports on Sunday that a police constable who was injured in an accident near Zeerust has died, police said.
“The constable is still alive at Victoria Hospital,” Constable Duduzile Zwane said.
Further details on his condition were not immediately available, she added. Reports suggested that the officer died of his injuries on Sunday morning.
He was involved in an accident that claimed the life of his colleague while they were both responding to a riot at Dinokana
village on Thursday.
Zwane said the officers had just parked their vehicle on a yellow line of the N4 highway around 11pm, when a passing truck hit it.
One officer died on the scene and the other was admitted to Lehurutshe Hospital in a critical condition.
The names of the officers were not disclosed. They were stationed at Lehurutshe police station at the time of the accident.
Police arrested the truck driver on the scene, Zwane said.
He faces a culpable homicide charge and will appear in court soon. – Sapa
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