Maria David
FIVE Angolan nationals who were employed as farm workers in the Mangetti farming area of the Oshikoto Region were among the seven people who were injured when a Toyota pickup overturned near the Omuthiya town recently.
The Namibian police are now investigating a case of reckless and or negligent driving.
Seven people, including the driver, were seriously injured when the vehicle they were travelling in overturned on the Oshivello-Ondangwa main road, approximately four kilometres from the Omuthiya town.
The 24-year-old male driver and a male passenger aged 24 are Oniipa residents, while the other five passengers, whose ages ranged from seventeen to 27, are Angolan nationals.
They suffered chest and head injuries as well as limb fractures.
The regional chief of the police, Commissioner Teopolina Kalompo-Nashikaku said that a cream Toyota Rider, with the Oshakati registration number, was heading in the Ondangwa direction when the driver lost control and it overturned.
The driver was allegedly trying to avoid a carcass of a donkey that was laying in the middle of the road after the animal was apparently hit and killed by another vehicle earlier on.
“The vehicle had seven occupants, including the driver, and all sustained serious injuries and they were transported to and admitted in the Omuthiya state hospital,” she said, adding that the vehicle was also carrying 50 milk containers of 25kg each from the Mangetti farms.
Kalompo-Nashikaku said all Angolan nationals were picked up from the Mangetti farming area where they had been working as farm workers and were on their way to Oshikango to go back to Angola.
