Staff Reporter
A 46-YEAR-OLD man lost his life on Friday night after being hit by a vehicle on the Trans Kalahari Bypass in the Omaheke Region.
According to the police, the pedestrian was struck by an unknown vehicle at around 21:00 on Friday and died at the scene.
In another incident, a 51-year-old man is in hospital in serious condition after falling from the loading box of a vehicle that was involved in a road collision on the Outapi-Tsandi road in the Omusati Region on Saturday.
According to the police, the collision involved a silver Toyota VVTi, driven by a 26-year-old man, which struck a white Scania truck travelling in the opposite direction.
“The Toyota VVTi bumped into the trailer of the Scania truck. The driver of a Toyota VVTi lost control of the vehicle, causing a 51-year-old Namibian male passenger, who was in the loading box, to fall off and sustain serious injuries,” the police said.
The injured man was initially taken to Tsandi District State Hospital before being transferred to Oshakati Intermediate State Hospital for further medical treatment. The police revealed that he is in serious but stable condition.
