A SERGEANT stationed at Lentegeur police station is out on R1 000 bail after allegedly driving gesuip and crashing into a Golden Arrow Bus.
The incident took place on the corner of Eisleben Road and Lavender Street in Lentegeur, Mitchells Plain after 8am on Monday.
The 48-year-old police sergeant who tried to run away from the scene is captured on videos making the rounds online looking deurmekaar with his pants on agterste voor.
One video shows the sergeant’s silver Mercedes Benz crashed head-on into the front of the Golden Arrow bus.
The officer is then seen walking away from the scene while mense are making fun of his pants, saying: "Die zip moet voor wees officer".
Another video shows the sergeant being held by a Law Enforcement officer on one hand and a police officer on another and taken back to the scene after running away. The sergeant’s pants is back-to-front with his one broek pyp is lifted up and shoelace on the one shoe is untied.
Police spokesperson Captain FC van Wyk confirmed the incident.
He reports: “Lentegeur police registered a case of driving under the influence of alcohol and reckless and negligent driving following an accident on 31 March at about 8.20am on the corner of Eisleben Road and Lavender Street, Lentegeur involving a 48-year-old sergeant attached to Lentegeur SAPS.
"According to reports, the sergeant was driving a silver in colour, Mercedes-Benz, and collided with a Golden Arrow bus at the mentioned address. He was arrested and escorted to the Shadow centre in Athlone, where his blood was collected from a registered and appointed nurse for analysis. His vehicle was badly damaged on the front and was towed away by tow truck from the scene."
"The sergeant was detained at Lentegeur SAPS and appeared in the Mitchells Plain Magistrates court on Tuesday, 1 April. He was released on bail of R1 000.”
Michael Jacobs from the Lentegeur Community Policing Forum said fortunately nobody was hurt.
He says: “The alleged incident took place while the officer was off duty and it is now part of a criminal and internal investigation that has been launched by Lentegeur SAPS and we will await the outcome of both processes as a CPF.”
Bronwen Dyke-Beyer, Public Relations Manager for Golden Arrow Bus Services adds: “Golden Arrow can confirm an incident which occurred on 31 March on Lavender Road, Mitchells Plain at approximately 08:19.
"According to our bus driver and witnesses on the scene the third-party driver swerved into oncoming traffic and collided head-on with our bus.
"The third-party driver is allegedly a police officer who was off duty, but we are unable to confirm what caused him to swerve into the bus. Fortunately, no injuries were reported.”