A cash-in-transit driver who had been stabbed during a heist attempt ran over his attacker twice at a Bushbuckridge shopping complex on Tuesday, May 5.

A Bushbuckridge Community Radio journalist at the scene, Smangele Prudence Masina, said two suspects approached the cash-in-transit vehicle while it was waiting at the complex just after 11:00.

She said one of the suspects opened the driver’s door and stabbed him severely.

“A security guard who works at the shopping complex fired two shots at the suspect who had opened the driver’s door. He fell to the ground, and the driver quickly drove over him twice in an apparent attempt to neutralise the threat. The second suspect fled on foot without taking any money,” said Masina.

She added that the driver was reportedly unaware whether the suspect had a firearm when he ran him over.

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The driver was rushed to hospital in a serious condition, while the suspect was declared dead at the scene and his body was collected by forensic pathologists.

Mpumalanga police spokesperson Colonel Mavela Masondo confirmed the incident but said authorities were still awaiting full details from officers who attended the scene.