A police officer has been knocked over by a minibus taxi driver at the Moorton Shopping Centre on Tuesday morning. Picture: A screenshot from the video
A police officer was rushed to hospital after he was knocked over by a taxi at the Moorton Shopping Centre on Tuesday, paramedics said.
ALS Paramedics spokesperson, Garrith Jamieson, said they were alerted to the scene just after 8.30am.
“Paramedics arrived on the scene to find the seriously injured officer lying on the roadway,” Jamieson said.
“Advanced Life Support paramedics worked to stabilise the policeman believed to be in his thirties on scene who had sustained multiple injuries before he was rushed to a nearby hospital for the further care that he required.”
He said that the driver is believed to have been arrested by metro police.
In a 19-second clip of the incident that's gone viral on social media, the metro police officer can be seen running towards the minibus taxi. A metro vehicle is seen driving along the side of the taxi.
The minibus taxi then does a U-turn and rams into the officer who tries to move out of the roadway.
Durban metro police spokesperson, Boysie Zungu, said officers were doing enforcement operations and the driver was stopped and issued a summons.
“The driver squashed the summons and threw it on the floor. He spend off and turned the vehicle around and knocked the police officer. Police fired a shot at the taxi and the driver stopped and was arrested.
Last month, a Durban police officer who was killed in a crash nearly two weeks ago, has been laid to rest.
Constable Nosipho Immaculate Zuma, of Bellair SA Police Service, had been attending to crash on the M7 Durban-bound highway on January 17, when she was struck by a truck and passed away due to the severity of her injuries.
In June 2022, a Durban metro police officer was struck by a car while conducting her duties on the M1, near Chatsworth.
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