A woman has been shot in the thigh by a policeman at a checkpoint close to the Moree Tollbooth because the driver of her vehicle refused to pay a toll levy of 50 pesewas.
The woman is seriously injured according to reports.
According to a family source, the family of five including a two-year-old child got to the Moree Barrier around 8.30pm on Sunday while returning from church.
When they got to the tollbooth, they did not have coins or smaller notes to pay for the levy, so they decided to park well and search for coins to settle the toll.
Whilst in the process of parking, the yet-to-be-identified police constable pulled his trigger and shot into the vehicle and ended up injuring a female passenger in the car.
The bullet smashed the car's windscreen and left the woman with a deep cut.
She was rushed to the Cape Coast Regional Hospital for treatment.
Reports say the police at the regional headquarters informed them that the policeman who shot into the car had been detained at the University of Cape Coast police station.
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