Crash claims cops, prisoners’ lives

Share current article via FacebookShare current article via PinterestShare current article via WhatsAppShare current article via TwitterShare current article via LinkedInNewsCrash claims cops, prisoners’ livesBy: Bulelwa Maphanga • 1m agoAdd as a preferred source on GoogleFollow on Google NewsListen to this article-00:00lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpandThree police officers, two awaiting trial prisoners and one man died during a crash on the R524 road in Limpopo. Six dead in head-on crash involving police and civilian vehiclesPOLICE investigate a culpable homicide case.

This after a horror crash claimed the lives of three police officers and three others along the Levubu road in Louis Trichardt, Limpopo on Tuesday morning, 6 October.

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According to Limpopo police spokesman, Brigadier Hlulani Mashaba, three police officers, two awaiting trial prisoners and a civilian were killed in the horrific head-on collision.

“The police vehicle from Tshilwavhusiku Police Station, was transporting three awaiting trial prisoners to a correctional facility in Thohoyandou when it collided with a white Mahindra bakkie belonging to Tshisimani Water,” he said.

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Mashaba said five people were certified dead at the scene, while a police officer later succumbed to serious injuries in hospital.

He said three of the victims were one male police and two female officers, while the other three victims were awaiting-trial prisoners and a male driver of a civilian vehicle.

“One awaiting trial prisoner survived but sustained serious injuries and was taken to hospital under police guard.

“Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash,” he said.

I'm a multimedia reporter based in KaBokweni in the City of Mbombela, Mpumalanga. I cover crime, court, community, political, local government and health stories, with a strong focus on issues that affect people's daily lives.

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