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Traffic official killed while attending accident scene─── 17:35 Thu, 23 Oct 2014
Kroonstad - One Free State traffic officer was killed and another critically injured when a truck ploughed into them while they were investigating an accident scene where another truck had rolled over.
The Department of Police Roads and Transport said in a statement the accident took place along the N1 near Kroonstad today. It says the traffic officials, the SAPS and the fire department were busy attending to the earlier accident when the truck hit the officers, as well as a police vehicle, a traffic vehicle and a fire truck.
One officer died at the scene while a second was admitted to a nearby hospital in critical condition.
One officer died at the scene while a second was admitted to a nearby hospital in critical condition.
The department has not yet released the names of the officials.
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