First road deaths
Eileen van der Schyff Hopes for an accident-free festive holi-day season are shattered. A mother and her two-year-old son died in a gruesome accident on Tuesday on the B2 between Usakos and Arandis. A black GTi Golf overtook another vehicle on a blind crest and slammed head-on into a Toyota pick-up. The force of the […]
Collision in 6th Street
Eileen van der Schyff Keanu Wohler (22) is being charged with reckless and or negligent driving and driving with-out a driving licence after a vehicle driven by him slammed into a BMW in 6th Street early on Saturday morning. The BMW was driven by Mr Franco Burruso (48). Both Wohler and Borruso had to be […]
Passenger loses his life on the MR44 road
Eileen van der Schyff One of five passengers died when the driver of this Honda (pictured below) lost control of the vehicle and it rolled several times. The accident took place on the Mr44 behind the dunes. It is alleged that Kasavi Moses Linyonani (25), an employer of the Namibian Defense Force (NDF), was driving […]
Tragedy strikes Husab
Breaking News Swakop Uranium confirmed that a fatal vehicle accident occurred on the Husab mine’s premises late yesterday afternoon (29 October 2018). An ore haul truck steered out of control and hit the cliff face of the open pit, killing the driver on impact. The spokesperson for Swakop Uranium, Percy McCallum, confirmed the incident in […]
Oceanview Horror Bike Crash
Sharlien Tjambari Steven Williams lost his life upon arrival at the hospital last week Thursday, while riding his Kawasaki motorbike after a silver Polo made a U-turn in front of him. It is alleged that on Thursday, 25 November between 16:00 and 17:00 fifty-year-old Steven Williams was riding his Kawasaki motorbike behind a silver Polo […]
Wrong turn ends in tragic death on the B2
Eileen van der Schyff A Zambian truck driver died instantly on Tuesday night when a passing vehicle struck him as he was busy on the roadside to prepare his truck to pull another truck out of the mud. The truck got stuck in muddy sand as it pulled off the B2 some 20km from Karibib […]
Hot Exhaust ignited grass under vehicle parked at resting pit
Vehicle burns next to B2: Sharlien Tjambari A white Toyota Wish sedan with reg. no. N 27263 WB with seven occupants including the driver on board caught fire about 10 km from Karibib on Wednesday. All occupants including the driver managed to escape the inferno unscathed. The driver, Sakaria Mutumbulwa (31) from Kuisebmund was travelling from […]
Car in rear-end with truck on B2 (Karibib Usakos)
The driver of this vehicle failed on Saturday afternoon to maintain a safe following distance and this was the result. His vehicle was involved in a rear-end collision with a truck. The driver was unscathed, but apparent-ly afterwards refused a breathalyser test. The police took him in custody.
Rear-end crash on the Swakopmund bridge
In the early hours of Saturday, 20 October, on the B2 coastal road a vehicle was involved in a rear-end collision with a Volkswagen sedan. It was on the Swakopmund bridge. One of the drivers ran away from the scene. No injuries were reported, but both vehicles were badly damaged and might have to written […]
Gaub accidents
Two vehicle accidents occurred almost simultaneous on the bridge in the Gaub over the weekend. Five young Dutch tourists had a lucky escape when their 4×4 drive d/cab pick-up (with trailer) struck the safety barrier on the low-water bridge in the Gaub Pass over the weekend. The pick-up veered of the bridge and overturned. Two […]