SSPDF driver knocks rider dead in Awerial County
A South Sudan People’s Defence Force (SSPDF) driver attached to General Marial Chanuong Yel knocked and killed a motorcycle taxi rider, commonly known as boda-boda, in Awerial County of Lakes State last Saturday, police say.
The chief inspector of police in Awerial County, Bol Tier, told Radio Tamazuj that the police arrested the military driver the same day.
"We have managed to detain the driver of the vehicle and he is now in police custody in Gulyar, and the investigation is going on," Tier said.
He confirmed that the vehicle which knocked and killed the boda-boda rider belonged to Gen. Marial Chanuong and was transporting goods from Kal-thok to Gulyar.