EMPD officers were out and about over the festive season, ensuring that Germiston was a safe place to be.
They assisted at accident scenes, as well as making sure people obeyed the rules of the road.
A total of seven people died in road accidents in the city over the festive period.
Three were the drivers of vehicles, two were passengers and two were pedestrians:
- On December 10, at 2pm, in Marlands, a driver lost control of his vehicle on the wet road surface and was killed.
- At 8am on December 23, on the N3 South, near the Grey Avenue, Dinwiddie, exit, the driver of a vehicle which had broken down was killed when a truck crashed into the stationary vehicle.
- On December 25, at 9.15pm, a pedestrian was run over while trying to cross the highway at the N3 South/Elands Interchange.
- The driver of a car and two passengers were killed on January 1, at 2.30am, in Zonkezizwe. The driver of the car lost control of the vehicle and crashed.
- On January 1, at 5.30am, a pedestrian was run over and killed in Katlehong.
EMPD officers arrested 25 drivers for suspected drunken driving over the Christmas period. Twelve were nabbed in Primrose, eight in Bedfordview, three in Katlehong, one in Elsburg and one in the Germiston CBD.
The EMPD officers also worked to ensure that Germiston Lake was a crime-free area for citizens to enjoy.
All events went well without any serious incidents.
“‘Red Letter Days’, namely, December 16, 25, 26, 2013, and January 1, were also incident-free,” said Wilfred Kgasago, spokesman for the EMPD.
“Although Germiston Lake was full to the brim on Red Letter Days, the crowds were well behaved.”
Strict rules were enforced at the lake and Kgasago added that over the entire period only two people sustained injuries that necessitated medical attention.
The two injured were children.
One was injured while skateboarding and the other got hurt on the swings.
A total of nine children got lost, but were reunited with their parents via the EMPD Joint Operations Centre.
“All in all, Germiston was relatively quiet,” Kgasago said.
“A few hundred fines were issued for moving violations and for documentation offences, and less than 10 vehicles were confiscated for being unroadworthy.”
