Staff Reporter
AN ANGOLAN national, suspected to be mentally unstable, drowned in a water pond near Ondangwa after attempting to cause an accident involving the taxi in which he was a passenger.
According to the police, the 42-year-old Angolan man boarded an Oshakati-bound taxi at Ondangwa. However, upon reaching the railway bridge at Okapya village, the back-seat passenger suddenly lunged at the steering wheel, causing the car to swerve and side-swipe the bridge barricade.
The police reported that the 30-year-old driver managed to bring the vehicle to a standstill. The Angolan man then exited the taxi, jumped off the bridge, ran away, and leaped into a water pond, where he drowned.
Fellow passengers told the police that the deceased appeared mentally unstable.
The body was retrieved by Special Reserve Force divers from Oshakati. His identity was confirmed through his Angolan ID card, but his next of kin have not yet been informed.
