Times Of Swaziland: CAR ROLLS AS DRIVER FLEES FROM COPS

CAR ROLLS AS DRIVER FLEES FROM COPS
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BY KHULEKANI NENE on 12/01/2018 00:51:00


SITEKI – A motorist and his friend survived after the vehicle they were
travelling in overturned while allegedly fleeing from the police.
The motorist also claims traffic police officers forced him to undergo a breath
test while he was writhing in pain following the accident.
The driver, who asked not to be named, said he was driving a black VW (Golf 1)
just hours into the new year when his vehicle overturned near Phuzumoya, along
the Siphofaneni/Big Bend public road.
He said the vehicle overturned while they were fleeing from a police vehicle
which had been pursuing them for over 10 kilometres.
He said he had thought the car pursuing him were hijackers, not police officers.
The driver said he was with a friend when the vehicle swerved sharply and veered
off the road before rolling several times.
He said after the accident, he extricated himself from the wreckage and left his
friend still trapped and bleeding profusely.
As he lay on the ground writhing in pain, he said traffic police officer told
him that he needed to blow into an alcoholmeter.
“I told the officer that I was injured and that I needed to be rushed to
hospital but he insisted that I should blow into the alcoholmeter. I complied
and I blew into the alcoholmeter five times but on the sixth attempt, I
refused,” said the driver.
At that moment, the driver said good Samaritans came by and extricated his
injured friend from the wreckage before calling paramedics.
He said while paramedics were administering first aid to him and his seriously
injured friend, police stood at a distance for a while before they left.