A 27-year-old truck driver who was allegedly under the influence of alcohol was arrested at Otjiwarongo on Saturday, after his lorry had been involved in a collision with a police vehicle. Police spokesperson Kauna Shikwambi reported on Sunday that a lorry collided with a police pickup at Otjiwarongo at around 10h30 on Saturday. “No person...
Three people lost their lives in a head-on collision on the Eenhana and Okongo road at Onakalunga at 22h00 on Saturday evening. A truck carrying 11 head of cattle was travelling from the eastern side and a vehicle travelling from Eenhana each had two people, the driver and a passenger. Both occupants in the vehicle...
Staff Reporter THE death toll from Friday’s head-on collision between Ondangwa and Uukwiyuushona rose to eight after Aina Angaleni Iita died in the Ongwediva Medipark private hospital this morning. The accident occurred in the Okashandja village on the Ondangwa-Uukwiyuushona gravel road when the driver of a white Toyota pickup (N14562ND) lost control of the vehicle...
Four people died on the Otjiwarongo-Otavi road on Sunday. This came after a sedan collided with an oncoming vehicle 40km outside Otjiwarongo. The police suspects the sedan was overloaded. “It is alleged that the driver of a white sedan, which was travelling from north to south and allegedly with seven occupants, attempted toovertake a truck...
Maria David ONE person died, and another was seriously injured after a head-on crash on the Tsumeb/Oshivelo B1 road, approximately 28 km from Tsumeb on Thursday. The Oshikoto police regional commander, Commissioner Teopolina Kalompo-Nashikaku, said that the incident occurred around 07:00, and a case of Culpable Homicide has been opened. Kalompo-Nashikaku said it is alleged...
The Philippines is telling China to stop being provocative in the South China Sea after a Chinese vessel collided with one of its vessels on Sunday. The Philippine ship was on its way to supply a military outpost on a reef that China claims as its own, but lies within the Philippines’ exclusive economic maritime...
Six people died after the cars they were traveling in collided head-on along the Trans-Zambezi Highway in the Zambezi region on Sunday. The people who died in the crash have been identified as Linnea Lunza Kangamba, Ndara Tjimbi (31), Wonder Mbiri (51), Jao Marcelino Nassusso (34), Snaria Ngombala and Almeida Bernardino (31). A police officer,...
A cruise liner captain’s been sentenced to five years in prison in Hungary over an accident on the River Danube in 2019 which killed 28 people. His vessel collided with a smaller boat, leading to the deaths of 25 South Korean tourists, two crew members, and one other person. https://futuremedia.com.na/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ENG-Cruise-liner-captain.mp3 Source link
At least two truck drivers died and one other was injured in a multiple truck collision on the Trans Kalahari Highway in Botswana on Friday. The Trans Kalahari Corridor Secretariat (TKCs), says five trucks have been involved in the road crash, caused by poor visibility as a result of a veld fire. The TKCs confirm...