Traffic Police Officer Injured in Car Accident

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Supt. Jean Marie Vianney Ndushabandi, spokesperson of the traffic and road safety department said some drivers drive while drunk.

On Sunday, a woman identified as Erica Kanyambiriri, who was driving a vehicle registration number RAC 204L, RAV4 type, knocked and injured a traffic police officer at Gishushu in Gasabo district as she tried to speed off after the victim stopped her.

Supt. Ndushabandi said the woman has no driving licence and was drunk at the time of the incident.

“At around 5:30am on Sunday, Police officers who were on duty at Kigali Business Centre (KBC), stopped Kanyambiriri for normal traffic checks but she disobeyed and continued,” Supt. Ndushabandi said.

“She was stopped again by Police officers at Gishushu where she disobeyed again and knocked and injured one of them officers as she tried to speed away,” he added.

The suspect, a resident of Nyandungu in Kicukiro district, was later apprehended by motorcycle taxi operators who pursued her after witnessing the incident, and handed her over to Police.

She is currently detained at Remera Police station as investigations continue.

The suspect also confessed to driving without a licence but argued that she hit the officer accidentally. She however couldn’t explain why she refused to stop when instructed.

Supt Ndushabandi lauded motorists for the noble action and warned of serious penalties to whoever will be caught going against traffic regulations.

He noted that means of acquiring a driving licence were made easy to facilitate seekers.

“Both the vehicle and the driver should be having all the requirements before hitting the road to avoid accidents, loss of lives and destruction of public infrastructure,” he noted.

In a related development, Ndushabandi also said another man was apprehended for allegedly trying to bribe a police officer at Remera vehicle mechanical inspection centre.

The suspect supposedly tried to bribe the officer to give him priority for his car to be inspected for others that were there before him.

“This centre has the capacity to inspect up to 350 vehicles per day in addition to about 80 others inspected daily by the mobile lane in provinces. There no need of taking illegal shortcuts to acquire services,” he said.

RNP