The police in Lebowakgomo are investigating a case of Culpable Homicide after a Warrant Officer was killed and another injured during a vehicle accident.
Two Public Order Policing (POP) Unit members were on duty driving a Nyala along the R37 Road when the driver lost control of the vehicle causing it to capsize.
It is alleged that the right front wheel of the vehicle got a puncture next to Malemang village outside Lebowakhomo. The vehicle swerved off the road and plunged into the adjacent donga, instantly killing a Warrant Officer who was the driver and seriously injuring another member, also a Warrant Officer.
The members were on their way to attend to a protest action at Atok mine in the Burgersfort Cluster.
All relevant members from the EHW were summoned to the scene and the necessary liaison with the affected families has already been put in motion. On-the-scene counseling was also conducted to the other POP Unit members who stopped after witnessing what had just happened.
The Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nneke Ledwaba also attended the scene.
The injured member was taken to hospital for medical treatment.