Staff Reporter
A MALE pedestrian, aged 46, was hit and killed by a speeding vehicle that failed to stop at the scene to render assistance as required by law.
The incident occurred at Olwiili village on the Onandjaba-Omafo main road early Sunday morning.
It is alleged that the victim, Johannes Twakaleni Sakaria, was walking on the road from the western direction, going home to Olwiili village at around 01:00, when he was hit by an unidentified vehicle which, according to the police, was driven in a reckless and/or negligent manner.
No arrest has been made as the suspect is unknown, but police are investigating four charges, namely: culpable homicide; reckless and/or negligent driving; failure to stop at the scene of the accident; and failure to render assistance to the injured person.
Meanwhile, the police in Windhoek are investigating a case of reckless or negligent driving after a 28-year-old male driver of a metallic silver Mazda Demio sedan with a Windhoek registration number lost control of his vehicle and bumped into an oncoming white GWM pickup, also with a Windhoek registration number.
The accident happened on Independence Avenue opposite the Novel Ford auto dealership on Friday afternoon.
It is alleged that the sedan, which is a taxi, swerved from its lane and collided directly with the oncoming pickup. All four passengers of the taxi and the drivers of both vehicles sustained moderate to serious injuries and were rushed to Katutura Hospital.
At Ongwediva, a 37-year-old male driver of a white Volkswagen Polo was arrested Saturday morning after he drove through a T-junction and crashed into a nearby fence. No one was injured.
However, the driver was tested for alcohol and was found to have exceeded the legal limit.
Another fatal motor accident occurred on the road to Hosea Kutako International Airport near the police roadblock when the driver, Shilongo Ndeshipanda, lost control of the vehicle, which went off the road and rolled down a ditch. He was alone, returning from the airport after dropping his cousin off.
According to the police, Ndeshipanda did not put on his seat belt and was thrown out, passing through the rear windscreen.
An ambulance from the City of Windhoek took the victim to the Roman Catholic Hospital, where he was declared dead.
