Staff Reporter
THE Omusati police are looking for the driver who ran into a 33-year-old pedestrian on Saturday around 02:15 and then fled the scene without assisting the victim who subsequently died.
Simaneka Tifula, a Namibian male, was reportedly walking along the Iitananga-Omakange main road at Onkwishi village in the Tsandi Constituency when an unknown vehicle hit him.
According to the police, the unknown suspect was driving from west to east when the accident happened.
The suspect drove off and left Tifula on the road where he died.
A case of culpable homicide, reckless and/or negligent driving, failing to stop at the accident scene and ascertain the nature and extent of injuries sustained has been opened.
No arrest has been made.
The next of kin were informed.
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