A robber was run over by a taxi on Saturday while escaping a Durban crime scene, paramedics said.
ER24 spokesperson Derrick Banks said the man sustained severe head injuries and was declared dead at the scene.
It is alleged that the man had robbed a woman who had been walking with two men along Berea Road.
Metro police confirmed the incident. A officer at the scene said a man with a knife approached the three and demanded a cellphone.
”The woman handed it over and the suspect ran off,” the officer said, not wanting to be named.
The man apparently jumped over a fence and ran across the N3 freeway when he was hit by a minibus taxi. Police said the man had been carrying a knife and a cellphone.
Police spokesperson Superintendent Muzi Mngomezulu was not immediately
available for comment. – Sapa