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Western Cape police officer Joe Dryden Picture Leon Muller<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A police officer was killed and two other people were seriously injured in an accident involving three cars in Strandfontein, Cape Town police said on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of our best detectives, Lt-Col Joe Dryden, 42, died on Friday night,\u201d said Captain Frederick Van Wyk.<\/p>\n

Dryden’s vehicle first collided with a Nissan and then collided head-on with a Toyota Hilux bakkie.<\/p>\n

He died at the scene.<\/p>\n

The people in the bakkie were taken to hospital with serious injuries while a couple in the Nissan were not harmed.<\/p>\n

Western Cape Commissioner Lt-Gen Arno Lamoer said he was shocked at Dryden’s sudden death.<\/p>\n

He said Dryden had served the public and the police proudly and was instrumental in the prosecution and conviction of many criminals.<\/p>\n

Lamoer conveyed his condolences to Dryden’s wife and children. – Sapa<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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