VW POLO IN HENNOPS RIVER BELIEVED TO BE AN ACCIDENT
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has said that after
initial reports have been conducted, they found “nothing sinister” regarding
the death of the three police officers whose bodies were discovered in the
Hennops River last week.
The last time the three officers were seen alive is at a
petrol station close to the Grasmere Toll Plaza on the N1. Keamogetswe Buys,
Boipelo Senoge, and Cebekhulu Linda were travelling to Limpopo from the Free
State in a Volkswagen Polo hatchback.
The Polo was also found in the river.
The bodies and the car were discovered after authorities
launched a large-scale operation into the disappearance of the three officers.
The search involved police divers, drone units, and several rescue teams.
Soon after the car was retrieved from the river in
Centurtion, Gauteng, national police commissioner, General Fannie Masemola said
they didn’t suspect foul play due to the car’s position.
“We’re going to undertake an investigation of the car so
that we come to a conclusion as to what exactly happened, but from the look of
eyes, when you see … The car looks like it capsized first before it impacted on
the wall, in the barrier on the side, and then it eventually went into the
water.”
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