Staff Reporter
A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy was hit and killed by an oncoming vehicle while crossing the street in the Nau-Aib informal settlement of Okahandja in the Otjozondjupa Region on Sunday afternoon.
According to the police, the victim was running behind his mother, who had crossed the street in a north-south direction, when he was struck by an oncoming white GD6 single cab (N381OH) travelling west to east.
The victim, identified as Talia Mathias, sustained head injuries and died at the scene.
The 43-year-old driver was tested for alcohol, but no traces were detected.