Fatal crashes mar Easter

Car crashes, a stabbing and a suicide claimed the lives of at least seven people over the Easter weekend.On Thursday, eight-year-old Aneli-Rejoice Namakumbu died after she was run over at Okatope village in the Oshikoto Region. Namakumbu was on her way home from school when she was run over while crossing the road. A case of culpable homicide has been opened. In the early hours of Friday morning, a 20-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend with an Okapi knife. The stabbing led to the death of Carlos Garab (24).Police said the incident took place at around 02:30 while the couple were walking home after visiting a nearby bar. Garab was stabbed once in the chest and died on the spot. The suspect will appear before the Grootfontein Magistrate's Court today. In a suspected suicide, a man's body was discovered hanging from the roof of his bedroom at Onguma-Omulonga village in the Oshikoto Region on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as 35-year-old Josef Tomas.A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 29-year-old man at Oshifukwa village in the Oshikoto Region on Friday. The suspect was arrested on Saturday and is expected to make his first court appearance at Ondangwa this week. Toll on the roads On Thursday afternoon at around 18:00, three people including the driver died on the spot when the bakkie they were travelling in collided head-on with an Iveco minibus between Ondangwa and Omuthiya.The driver of the bakkie apparently swerved to avoid cattle standing in the road. Police said the driver lost control and collided with the minibus traveling in the opposite direction.The bus was reportedly carrying 20 passengers from Swakopmund. They all survived and were admitted to the Onandjokwe State Hospital for observation.The deceased were identified as 48-year-old Tangeni Fillemon (driver), Victoria Iishuna (45) and Magnaem Ishuna (3). In the early morning of Saturday, Nel van Greunen (32), a Namibian photographer and founder and CEO of Namlish Media, died when the car he was travelling overturned near Grootfontein.In the Erongo Region, police are investigating a case of culpable homicide and reckless or negligent driving following a crash in which one person died in Walvis Bay on Saturday. Loretha Louw (41), a passenger in one of two bakkies involved in the crash, died on the spot while the two drivers sustained serious injuries. Erongo Police Commissioner Erastus Ikuyu confirmed the incident. “Information we received indicates a white Nissan double cab (N154-660 W), with two occupants, Robert Hanekom (45) and the deceased, was travelling along 5th Street when it was bumped on the passenger's side by a white Toyota Hilux double cab (N168-988W) travelling along Nangolo Mbumba Road,” he said. According to Ikuyu, Liam Daniel (25) was the driver and the only occupant of the Toyota Hilux which slammed into the Nissan. The injured were admitted to the Welwitschia Hospital and Walvis Bay State Hospital, he said. Another case of reckless or negligent driving was reported at Usakos after a vehicle left the road and overturned on Friday. Two Zimbabwean citizens were injured.“The driver, Michael Richard Matafeni (26), sustained minor injuries and the passenger, Bonani Mthimkhulu (25), sustained fractured hip and head injuries. She was admitted to the Swakopmund State Hospital in a stable condition. The cause of accident is not yet determined and the investigation continues,” Ikuyu said.The couple were travelling on the B2 road from Windhoek to the coast for the Easter weekend with a silver Toyota Etios (FB 77 YZGP). It is alleged that the driver lost control at around 22:40 approximately 45km from Usakos towards Arandis.On Saturday afternoon, emergency services attended to the scene of an accident approximately 40 kilometres north of Henties Bay after a vehicle in which four people were travelling left the road and overturned. According to a report, “two of the occupants were catapulted from the overturning vehicle resulting in one sustaining critical injuries”.-Additional reporting Nampa STAFF REPORTERS

Fatal crashes mar Easter

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Namibian Sun 2026-03-13

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