A JOHANNESBURG Metropolitan traffic officer committed suicide minutes after he accidentally ran over and killed a 12-year-old boy in Dobsonville, Soweto on Monday, police said. According to Superintendent Norman Ponnusamy, the incident occurred at around 5.30pm when the Midrand-based officer apparently lost control due to bad weather and hit Tshepiso Serobatse who was seated with friends at a street corner, killing him instantly. The officer, whose name was still withheld, then drew his service pistol and shot himself dead. The other boys escaped unhurt. – Sapa