/ 13 January 2002

TRAFFIC COP KNOCKS DOWN GIRL, SHOOTS HIMSELF

A KRUGERSDORP traffic policeman is in a critical condition after shooting himself in the head following an accident in Soweto in which he knocked down a teenage girl in Soweto on Thursday afternoon. The man apparently hit the 17-year-old girl at a traffic light on Impala Road just after 3.15pm. He then got out of the car and shot himself in his head. Police on the scene said he would be airlifted to a local hospital shortly. The girl is being treated for bruises on her body and forehead. – Sapa