{"id":368900,"date":"2025-01-19T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=368900"},"modified":"2025-01-19T19:23:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T17:23:02","slug":"pedestrian-hit-and-killed-by-vehicle-near-omuthiya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=368900","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian hit and killed by vehicle near Omuthiya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A FEMALE pedestrian died on the spot when she was hit by an oncoming vehicle as she allegedly walked in the middle of the road shortly before midnight on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The accident occurred near the Ekulo Senior Secondary School on the B-1 road between Omuthiya and Oshivelo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is alleged that a silver Chery station wagon, with Oshakati registration plates, was travelling from Omuthiya towards Oshivelo when it struck the pedestrian, who was walking in the middle of the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is further alleged that the deceased, identified only as Nangula, was earlier spotted at nearby shebeens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the police, her next of kin are not known at this stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The driver, a 28-year-old female resident of Omboboli village near Oshigambo, escaped unhurt. 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