The driver of a Golf was stopped on Old Heidelburg Road, near Rondebult, after clocking 111km/h in an 80km/h zone.
“The 35-year-old man resisted arrest and, in the process, sank his teeth deep into the officer’s right arm, necessitating medical attention at the Union Hospital,” said EMPD spokesman Lieut-Col Wilfred Kgasago.
The aggressive driver was eventually overpowered and locked up at the Alberton Police Station, where he was charged with excessive speeding, assault and resisting arrest.
He was due to appear in the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court on April 11.
* Still on Saturday, on the N3 freeway southbound, just after the Rand Airport turnoff, which is a 120km/h zone, a 31-year-old male driver in a Hyundai H1 was arrested when he was caught doing 178km/h, and provided no reason for the offence.
He was charged at the Germiston Police Station, with reckless and negligent driving, and released after posting bail of R1 000.
He was expected to appear in the Germiston Magistrates Court on April 11.
