Staff Reporter
AN UNKNOWN pedestrian died in a Tsumeb hospital moments after being evacuated from the scene of a suspected hit-and-run accident early Monday morning.
According to the police, the seriously injured male victim was found lying on the Tsumeb-Oshivelo main road at around 04:00 when a Quantum bus arrived and stopped at the scene from the direction of Tsumeb.
The driver and his passengers discovered that the person had been run over by an unidentified vehicle. The victim was still alive and was immediately transported to the Tsumeb district hospital, where he died shortly after.
“The deceased’s nationality and next of kin are currently unknown,” said the police, adding that the body is kept at the Tsumeb Hospital’s mortuary where a postmortem examination will be conducted.
