Woman taken to hospital after she climbed on top of police vehicle and stripped naked (video)

A woman suspected to be mentally ill was taken to Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital in Durban, South Africa after she climbed up onto a Metro Police vehicle and stripped naked.

In a short video clip of the incident which has gone viral on social media, the woman can be seen on top of the vehicle as it’s driving through a street in Isipingo, south of the Durban CBD.

The woman has a bag with her, on the roof of the Metro Police VW Polo.

She then stands up and lifts up her dress, exposing her bare bum to the people standing on the road. 

She sits down and takes her dress off, while the vehicle continues driving towards an intersection. 

A man runs behind and alongside the police vehicle, filming the woman’s seemingly manic episode while people look on

Metro Police spokesperson Colonel Boysie Zungu, said officers were called to attend to reports of a mentally ill woman in the Isipingo CBD.

“The lady jumped on top of the fully-marked vehicle. The officers managed to get her down and she was taken to the Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital in Umlazi for treatment,” Zungu told the publication

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