50 survive crash
Three vehicles, including a bus, were involved in an accident on the Otjiwarongo-Okahandja Friday night.
More than 50 people survived the accident which occurred around 20:37 some 25 kilometres south of Otjiwarongo, Inspector Lucia Kahuure of the Namibian police said.
Kahuure said a 65-seater bus with 52 occupants, including the 36-year-old driver, drove into a Tata bakkie suspected to have been stationary on the road.
The bus, driving from the direction of Otjiwarongo toward Okahandja, forced the bakkie from the left into the right lane, into an oncoming BMW.
The sedan had five occupants, including the 26-year-old driver.
“There was no-one in the Tata when we arrived on the accident scene. It seems the occupants fled the scene,” said Kahuure.
A nine-year-old boy who was travelling in the BMW sustained serious internal injuries and was transferred to the Katutura Intermediate Hospital Friday night.
Cases of reckless and negligent driving have been opened against the drivers. Police investigations continue. Also on Friday night between Otjiwarongo and Okahandja, a 29-year-old man was arrested after being found in possession of the carcasses of two oryx and a warthog by police officers patrolling the route.
Kahuure said he was one of three men transporting the carcasses in a sedan, which a team of police officers on patrol on the B1 road came across.
“Two of the suspects fled and we apprehended one of them,” said Kahuure.
She said the suspects used an assagai to kill the three animals.
The carcasses and the vehicle suspected to have been used were impounded.
The 29-year-old suspect will appear in the Otjiwarongo Magistrate's Court on a charge of illegal hunting today.
NAMPA
More than 50 people survived the accident which occurred around 20:37 some 25 kilometres south of Otjiwarongo, Inspector Lucia Kahuure of the Namibian police said.
Kahuure said a 65-seater bus with 52 occupants, including the 36-year-old driver, drove into a Tata bakkie suspected to have been stationary on the road.
The bus, driving from the direction of Otjiwarongo toward Okahandja, forced the bakkie from the left into the right lane, into an oncoming BMW.
The sedan had five occupants, including the 26-year-old driver.
“There was no-one in the Tata when we arrived on the accident scene. It seems the occupants fled the scene,” said Kahuure.
A nine-year-old boy who was travelling in the BMW sustained serious internal injuries and was transferred to the Katutura Intermediate Hospital Friday night.
Cases of reckless and negligent driving have been opened against the drivers. Police investigations continue. Also on Friday night between Otjiwarongo and Okahandja, a 29-year-old man was arrested after being found in possession of the carcasses of two oryx and a warthog by police officers patrolling the route.
Kahuure said he was one of three men transporting the carcasses in a sedan, which a team of police officers on patrol on the B1 road came across.
“Two of the suspects fled and we apprehended one of them,” said Kahuure.
She said the suspects used an assagai to kill the three animals.
The carcasses and the vehicle suspected to have been used were impounded.
The 29-year-old suspect will appear in the Otjiwarongo Magistrate's Court on a charge of illegal hunting today.
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