Fleeing scooter thief hit by car in Pretoria
A man believed to have stolen a scooter was hit by a car while fleeing on the N1 near Centurion, south of Pretoria.
According to Betty Schrama of the Lyttelton Sector 4 community policing forum (CPF), the forum along with Lyttelton police were in pursuit of the man on Monday, Rekord East reported.
“The police were chasing the man, who was suspected of stealing an electric scooter in Elardus Park. In his hurry to escape, he ran on to the N1 highway southbound. The next moment, he was knocked over by a car,” Schrama said.
The impact shattered the windscreen of the car. ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring said paramedics from another service treated the man next to the road before he was taken to hospital.
In October last year, a suspected robber was hit by a taxi in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria after stabbing his victim during an alleged mugging.
The robber had been chasing after Andrew Masekoameng, 36, who ran across the street in front of a Toyota Quantum taxi. One of the robbers was said to have caught up with Masekoameng and attacked him as he ran along the road.
According to police, the suspected robber was declared dead by paramedics at the scene.
– Caxton News Service
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