Police van crash lands on top of car
July 22 2015 at 09:45pm
By Molaole Montsho
By Molaole Montsho
NA PHOTOA large crowd gathered at
the scene in Rustenburg where a police van was struck by a minibus taxi, and
saw the police vehicle coming to rest on top of another bakkie.
Rustenburg - A female police officer miraculously escaped with only
minor injuries when a police van, which had been struck side-on by a minibus
taxi, flipped and landed upside down on top of another vehicle in Rustenburg on
Wednesday.
North West police spokesperson Segeant Kelebogile Moleko said members of
the Rustenburg Public Order Police unit were on their way to the Rustenburg
Magistrate’s Court when their van collided with a minibus taxi at the
intersection of Fatima Bhayat and Klopper Streets.
“There were no major injuries it was only minor injuries. The police
van’s siren was on. The taxi driver said he did not hear it,” said Moleko.
The injured officer was taken to a local hospital for medical treatment.
The police van had landed on top of a bakkie belonging to the Rustenburg
local municipality.
ANA