Two die in accident outside Okahandja Two people were killed in an accident on Sunday evening on the B1 road between Okahandja and Otjiwarongo after a government bus collided with a hatchback. This was just one of several accidents that occurred over the weekend in which people were killed.
According to spokesperson of the Namibian Police, Inspector Slogan Matheus, the accident occurred about 45km north of Okahandja at approximately 20:00 on Sunday.
He explained the accident was a head-on-collision between a government bus belonging to the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry and a Toyota Conquest hatchback.
According to Matheus, reports are that the hatchback, which was travelling in the direction of Okahandja, encroached into the lane of the bus that was travelling in the opposite direction and the two vehicles collided.
The bus was only carrying the driver who escaped the accident without any injuries.
The hatchback was carrying five occupants of which two died on the spot and the other three people only sustained minor injuries.
They were treated at the Okahandja State Hospital and have already been discharged. The deceased have been identified as Louwrens Tjikuua who was the driver of the hatchback and Veritjitavi Ngangane.
At least nine people were killed in separate accidents over the weekend on Namibia''s roads.
This includes the accident near Kalkveld in which three people were killed late on Thursday evening and the accident on the Oshivelo-Omuthiya road in which four people were killed.
ELLANIE SMIT