Police are probing a culpable homicide case after a four-year-old was killed when a law enforcement vehicle allegedly ploughed into the child during patrols in Mfuleni.
According to mayco member for safety and security, JP Smith, LEAP officers were on patrol on Friday on the corner of Uluthu and Suzakhule streets, when the officer driving the double cab vehicle was involved in an accident.
“Stopping the vehicle to investigate, the heartbreaking discovery showed an infant's lifeless body. Paramedics were immediately summoned but sadly the four-year-old was declared deceased,” Smith said.
“While the exact details are still under investigation, according to an eye witness the young boy had crossed the road but realising he had become separated from his friends, had attempted to make a crossing again and had stepped into…
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Cape Times (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2023-10-10