Police death: hit and run driver arrested
A 37-year-old articulated truck driver, who failed to attend to a police motor rider he knocked down, has been arrested, according to a police brief.
Hassan Sumana’s reckless behavior led to the death of General Constable Moses Ayamga Abinglgro after he was run over by another vehicle when the truck knocked his motorbike with the registration number GP 7488 down.
The deceased, who was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital, had been trying to save the life of a lunatic when he met his untimely death, according to the police brief.
It stated that on August 7, 2024, at about 2000 hours, G/Const. Ayamga Moses Abinglgro of FPU Base, Ada (now deceased), was riding a service motorbike with registration number GP 7488 from the FPU Base at Big-Ada to Koluedor on night patrol duty.
Upon reaching a section of the road at Matsekope Junction, a young man, suspected to be a lunatic aged about 29 years, suddenly crossed him from the offside edge of the road.
In an attempt to swerve, the offside control bar of the motorbike hit the lunatic, causing the officer to lose control of the steering bar and run into the front mudguard of a Mercedes Benz articulated truck with registration number GL 2482-19, which was loaded with 450 bags of onions and being driven by Hassan Sumana, aged 37, from Niger to Côte d’Ivoire with three occupants on board.
The officer fell in the middle of the road and an unidentified vehicle ran over him, causing severe injuries. He was rushed to Ada East District Hospital for treatment but was pronounced clinically dead on arrival by the medical doctor on duty.
“The lunatic sustained injuries and was rushed to the same facility, where he is receiving treatment,” the brief added.
The deceased’s body was deposited at the same hospital’s mortuary for preservation, awaiting transfer to the Police Hospital mortuary for preservation and autopsy. The brief also stated that suspect driver Sumana failed to stop after the incident, but information was relayed to Sege Police Station, where he was subsequently arrested.
