A TRAFFIC police officer based in Plumtree has been brought to court for negligent driving and causing an accident. Julius Takaidza (41) whose residential address is Fairbridge in Bulawayo pleaded not guilty to the charge when he appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Tinashe Tashaya last week.

BY SILAS NKALA

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Tashaya remanded him out of custody to today for continuation of trial.

The court was told that on May 30 this year, Takaidza was driving a Toyota Sprinter along Induna Road near Fairbridge in Bulawayo.

When he got to the intersection of Induna and Harare roads,Takaidza allegedly failed to give way, resulting in a collision with a Toyota Hilux driven by Jailos Dube.

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Both vehicles were damaged in the collision.