Two people die in collision between truck and ambulance near Otavi

NAMPA

2025-02-11

OTJIWARONGO, 07 April 2015 – A 43-year-old truck driver and his 24-year-old male passenger died instantly in a fatal head-on collision of two trucks on the Otjiwarongo-Otavi road on Monday evening. Here members of the Otjiwarongo police mortuary load the body of the truck driver into the police van. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

OTAVI, 11 FEB (NAMPA) – Two people died when an ambulance crashed into a stationary truck on the Otjiwarongo-Otavi B1 road in the early hours of Tuesday.
The Namibian Police Force’s head of community affairs in the Otjozondjupa Region, Senior Inspector Maureen Mbeha, in an interview with Nampa on Tuesday said the deceased's personal details were unknown to the police.
It is also not certain if they were patients who were being transported in the...

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