GWANDA: A local cab driver committed suicide after killing a police officer in a hit and run incident.

Sources say Nqobile Nkomo (26) of Phakama Suburb ran over Constable Blackson Muzamba who was stationed in the city on Friday last week near Cinderella B Mine in Gwanda and fled from the scene.

Muzamba died in hospital on Sunday while the taxi driver was found hanging from a tree on Tuesday morning near the accident scene.

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