Road carnage claims 7 lives

Three Grade 8 learners of the Etoshapoort Junior Secondary School in Outjo died instantly after a vehicle they were travelling in overturned and rolled several times on the Outjo-Otavi gravel road in the early hours of Sunday morning.The dead have been identified as 19-year-old Ronaldo Mukuyu, Seth Goreseb, 18, and Ricky Small Aukumeb, 16.The accident happened approximately 30 km northeast of Outjo at about 01:00.The police spokesperson in the Otjozondjupa Region, Warrant Officer Maureen Mbeha told Nampa upon enquiry there were four occupants in the vehicle, and a 16-year-old classmate of the three deceased persons survived the accident with minor injuries.It is suspected the driver, Goreseb, lost control over the vehicle, causing it to overturn.“Preliminary police investigations indicate that the learners allegedly took the car keys and drove away without the consent of the owner,” said Mbeha.The Erongo police have also released the names of the four who died in the crash on the C34 road on Saturday morning. The crash occurred near the B2 intersection.Erongo police Deputy Commissioner Erastus Iikuyu said Monzil McNab (24), Jaco Goliath (25) and Solomon Alfonzo Winfred (27) died at the scene while Izolda Belies (24) succumbed in a Swakopmund hospital.“Clinton Wotan Kisting (35) is the only survivor. He is in a critical but stable condition at the Swakopmund State Hospital. He is the car's owner and it is believed that he was driving when the accident happened. We are investigating a case of culpable homicide. “The driver allegedly overtook a truck at a high speed and lost control. The vehicle left the road and overturned.” Originally the police reported that the vehicle was a Mercedes-Benz but later corrected that statement saying the vehicle was a BMW. Baby kidnappedMeanwhile, in the Kavango West Region, a one-month-old baby was kidnapped by a woman on Thursday at around 14:30 at Nankudu State Hospital. According to the police the baby was kidnapped by a woman from Kahenge village.The baby's mother, a 15-year-old Angolan national, left the child in the care of her 11-year-old niece while she was receiving medical attention. The police said that the suspect was in the same ward and sent the girl who was left with the baby to go buy her bread and a cold drink at a nearby shop. Upon the girl's return the suspect had run away with the baby. The police was notified immediately and a search was launched and the suspect was apprehended. In a separate incident on Friday at around 03:20 at the Mariental Wimpy restaurant, a 17-year-old boy was arrested with 13 parcels of cannabis weighing 3.27kg. The value was N$33 000. In Rehoboth three suspects were arrested with drugs on Thursday to the value of N$1 200. They were found with two full mandrax tablets, three half mandrax tablets and 82 balies of dagga after a police search was conducted. The suspects are aged 35, 28 and 25. In yet another drug related incident on Thursday at the farm Benade's Pan in the Rehoboth district a man was found in possession of 19 cannabis plants after a police search was conducted. The value of the items is not known and he was not arrested. Also at about 16:30 near Natis in Lüderitz a vehicle was stopped by the traffic officials and after searching it, 150 mandrax tablets was found to the value of N$9 000. The suspect is 51-years-old and he was arrested. STAFF REPORTERS AND NAMPA

Road carnage claims 7 lives

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Namibian Sun 2026-06-26

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Road carnage claims 7 lives

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