{"id":323370,"date":"2022-07-25T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=323370"},"modified":"2022-07-25T09:20:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T07:20:10","slug":"man-crushed-to-death-by-fully-loaded-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=323370","title":{"rendered":"Man crushed to death by fully-loaded trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter<\/p>\n<p>A 33-YEAR-OLD man, Dithore Meliaye, was crushed to death by a fully-loaded truck trailer, while he was trying to fix something under the truck on Friday at about 23:30.<\/p>\n<p>According to the police, the incident happened at the Puma Service Station in Walvis Bay. The police said that Meliaye went under the truck, between the trailer and the rear wheels, and the trailer squeezed him against the wheels, resulting in his death.<\/p>\n<p>Meliaye, who was a Botswana national, was declared dead at the scene and taken to the Walvis Bay Police Mortuary. The police confirmed that his next of kin have been informed and no foul play is suspected.<\/p>\n<p>File photo for illustrative purposes only.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter A 33-YEAR-OLD man, Dithore Meliaye, was crushed to death by a fully-loaded truck trailer, while he was trying to fix something under the truck on Friday at about 23:30. According to the police, the incident happened at the Puma Service Station in Walvis Bay. 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