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Port Elizabeth police are on the hunt for a taxi driver and his assistant after an alleged robbery that resulted in the death of a 21-year-old woman on Wednesday.
This also led to a traffic accident that caused a truck to sink after colliding with a bakkie on the M4 motorway.
According to police spokeswoman Col. Priscilla Naidu, the robbery occurred in a taxi Wednesday afternoon, shortly after two women, ages 21 and 24, boarded on Cape Road.
“It is alleged that the women were the only two passengers in the taxi when they realized that the driver had taken them down an unknown route. He merged onto the M4 motorway from Mount Road, and when asked about the route by the women, the driver and his driver [guardjie] he stole their personal belongings, ”Naidu said.
The alleged assailants took their wallets, money and cell phones, among other belongings.
Apparently, the 21-year-old was in great distress and jumped into the back seat of the taxi.
In the process, he accidentally opened the rear window and jumped out of the moving vehicle.
It hit the road surface and died on impact.
As the woman’s body was still lying on the M4, the driver of a bakkie noticed the body and slammed on the brakes. A large truck struck him from behind and stabbed him on the freeway.
No injuries were reported from the accident.
Meanwhile, the taxi dropped the 24-year-old woman near New Brighton.
Members of the public helped the woman communicate with the police and report the incident.
Naidu said police are investigating a robbery case related to the events in the taxi, while an investigation file has been opened in relation to the death of the 21-year-old woman.
Her name has been withheld until she is formally identified and her family notified of her death.
Anyone with information that can help locate the taxi, its driver, or the driver should contact the Mount Road Police Station on 041 394 6316 or Detective Sergeant Gavin Scheepers on 073 930 9272. Alternatively, they can contact the station. nearest police station.
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