Staff Reporter
THE driver of a tipper truck was arrested at Ondangwa following the death of one of his passengers.
The accident occurred at Etambo village near the town’s dumping site.
It is alleged that the driver of a tipper truck (N13961ND) was driving with passengers on a loading box and one passenger fell off the moving truck and the vehicle ran over him.
The 25-year-old passenger died at the spot.
According to the police, four other passengers escaped unhurt.
The 47-year-old driver was promptly arrested and faces a litany of charges, including culpable homicide; conveying passengers in a goods compartment; driving a motor vehicle of a class other than for which he holds a driving license, and failing to renew a motor vehicle’s license on the date of expiry.
