UPDATE: Police search for driver of vehicle involved in #JosephMabuza crash

Head of Mpumalanga Communication at the Department of Community Safety Security & Liaison – Joseph Mabuza (photo: Twitter)

Police in Mpumalanga are looking for the driver of a vehicle that was involved in a collision that claimed the life of Mr Joseph Mabuza, a Senior Manager who occupied the position of Head of Communication at the Department of Community Safety Security & Liaison.

Mabuza lost his life along the N4 road at Hectorspruit, near Komatipoort on Sunday afternoon.

Information at police disposal suggest that the suspect may have recklessly executed a U-turn on the busy road, in the process causing a serious crash with Mabuza who was in a motorbike and was fatally wounded at the scene.

Also read: Mpumalanga’s safety and security spokesman dies in tragic accident

The unknown driver simply disappeared from the crime scene before authorities could arrive.

The Provincial Commissioner of the Police in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Mondli Zuma is appealing to drivers to exercise restraint and be patient to one another. He urged motorists not to leave a collision scene before the police or other law enforcement officials and emergency personnel arrive at the scene because that is a criminal offence.

Police are making an earnest appeal to anyone who may know the whereabouts of the driver to please contact Constable Vusimuzi Thobela at 072 196 8225, or the SAPS Crime Stop 08600 10111.

The RTIA has learnt with sadness of the tragic passing on of Mr Joseph Mabuza #JosephMabuza. Mabuza was the Spokesperson for the Mpumalanga Safety & Security Department. He served as a member of AARTO Communications Sub-Committee. May his soul Rest In Peace. @DoTransport @MPGov pic.twitter.com/ufZmMJsHwx

— RTIA – Home of AARTO (@rtia_aarto) December 24, 2018