Traffic Police Officer Who Hit Motorcycle With Car Pays Settlement After Locals Surrounded Him

Traffic police officer who hit a motorcycle with his car had to pay compensation after residents surrounded him

October 1

In Mawlamyine, Mon State, a traffic police officer drove a car into the back of a motorcycle, causing trouble, and when it turned out the rider was a woman, residents surrounded him and he was forced to pay compensation, it is learned.

At around 10 PM on September 29, near Zay Kyo traffic light junction in Mawlamyine, a car driven by a traffic police officer rear-ended a motorcycle ridden by a young woman, causing the motorcycle to skid and overturn, it is learned.

"It's true it happened that night. The traffic police officer rear-ended the motorcycle ridden by a young woman (tomboy) alone. On the road, a verbal dispute broke out between them. When they collided, the tomboy also said he hit her with the car, and they argued back and forth. The traffic police side also said he was just driving on his own lane and the motorcycle crashed into him, and they quarreled. When the ward elders gathered, they told him to pay compensation to the young woman and settle the matter," a local resident said.

The traffic police side said that he was afraid of having to wait at the traffic light, so he overtook the motorcycle and accidentally collided with it at a curve in the lane, and that because he knew it was traffic police, the rider was afraid of being arrested and rode the motorcycle recklessly, leading to the accident, and he also said he did not know it was a girl.

"He said he didn't know it was a girl. Because the motorcycle had no license plate, he questioned the motorcycle from the car, saying it would be seized as 'Without.' Then he explained it as an accident while driving the car," a local resident from Zay Kyo ward said.

The woman riding the motorcycle that was hit demanded 800,000 kyats in compensation, and ward elders intervened and negotiated, so he had to pay 400,000 kyats in compensation, and the woman's side agreed to settle, it is also learned.

Currently, the traffic police officer is being summoned and questioned by the township police station, according to initial reports.

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