Overview
- Police say a speeding Toyota Fortuner rear-ended a stationary SAPS vehicle with its blue lights on, causing the police vehicle to overturn.
- The 20-year-old LEAP officer, identified as Lyle Thomas, had stopped to help and was fatally injured while standing with SAPS members.
- After the impact, the Fortuner rammed into a nearby tree and came to a complete stop.
- Officers arrested the 37-year-old driver at the scene, took a blood sample for alcohol testing, and kept him in custody as a culpable homicide case is prepared.
- City law enforcement conveyed condolences to Thomas’s family and colleagues and pledged to support efforts to hold the suspect accountable.