A captain of the South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) has succumbed to injuries after jumping off a moving military pickup Land Cruiser to retrieve some of his cash that had been blown away by the wind.
According to Lt. Colonel Philip Agany Thiep, the police investigator in Aweil West County of Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, the deceased captain, Atem Akok, aged 53, was a division 5 officer based in Wau. He was on his way home to Aweil West for leave on Monday when the incident occurred.
“After the Pantiit and Mourwel bridge, he pulled out the money from his pocket and started counting. There, the wind swept some of the money away, and he jumped while the car was moving. Immediately, he fell and injured his neck. He was taken to Nyamel Hospital, where he died due to internal bleeding,” Agany narrated.
The police stated that the organized forces are receiving their payments this week, but it is unclear whether the money the deceased was counting was part of his salary.
He was counting 18,000 SSP in a moving military Land Cruiser when the wind blew some of the cash away and without informing the driver, he decided to jump out of the vehicle to retrieve the money.
A 25-year-old vehicle driver, identified as Elija Machol, is currently detained at Aweil West Police Station, awaiting investigation after the officer died in his vehicle.
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