Staff Reporter
A 26-YEAR-OLD woman, identified as Liezel Lucille Louw, tragically lost her life on Tuesday when she ran into a moving truck twice, squashing the driver’s attempts to avoid hitting her.
According to Chief Inspector Elifas Kuwinga, the incident of Culpable Homicide happened on 20 September 2022 at about 16:00 on Tsumeb/Otavi road about 1 km to Tsumeb.
It’s alleged that the deceased ran into a white moving Scania truck, which was entering Tsumeb from the Otavi direction. The driver avoided bumping the deceased when he saw her running in front of the truck and swerved to the right.
After that, the deceased ran into the trailer of the truck and the rear tyres ran over her, killing her instantly.
According to an eye witness the deceased was seated at the nearby bushes near the road before running into the truck.
Kuwinga shared that no injuries were sustained to the occupants of the truck, which included a 21-year-old co-driver and the 29-year-old truck driver. The truck driver was admitted for shock at Tsumeb Lombard State Hospital and is in a stable condition.
The body is kept at Lombard State Hospital and the deceased’s next of kin has been informed.
