Deceased in truck collision outside Otjiwarongo identified

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2025-04-22

OTJIWARONGO, 17 April 2025 - The accident scene approximately 12 kilometres south of Otjiwarongo on the Otavi-Otjiwarongo B1 road, where two lives were lost on Thursday in a four-truck collision. Three of the trucks were transporting a cyanide chemical from the coast to the B2Gold Mine. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

OTJIWARONGO, 22 APR (NAMPA) – The Otjozondjupa police on Tuesday released the names of the two men who lost their lives on Thursday in an accident which involved four trucks near Otjiwarongo on the Otavi-Otjiwarongo B1 Road.
The Namibian Police Force’s head of community affairs in the Otjozondjupa Region, Senior Inspector Maureen Mbeha told Nampa the two were identified by relatives as Hafeni Tunombili Ashilunga, 34, who was the truck driver, wh...

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