A viral video making rounds on social media captured the moment a police officer was forced to take a motor rider to the hospital.
Report says, the rider [whose identity is yet to be known] was being pursued by the police officer [name not established] on the highway, only to be kicked to the ground for not complying to his orders.
The rider was run over by an oncoming vehicle while falling on the ground around Taifa on the Achimota-Amasaman highway.
Sources say, the motor is a new one he had bought and was taking to Amasaman.
The residents who witnessed how the officer negligently caused the death of the rider stormed the scene and attempted to mob him. Some road users had to intervene to save the situation but the mob followed up to the hospital.
After some exchanges from the mob and the policeman, the victim was put in a truck and conveyed to the hospital
The Okada rider was pronounced dead on arrival by officials of the Achimota Government Hospital in Accra.
Sources say, some youth stormed the hospital to lynch for the police officer for causing the death of the rider.
But, the swift intervention of soldiers saved the situation as the angry mob threatened to attack the police officer.
Watch the video below.
