{"id":368917,"date":"2025-01-20T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=368917"},"modified":"2025-01-19T19:22:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T17:22:20","slug":"pedestrian-killed-in-trans-kalahari-bypass-hit-and-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=368917","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian killed in Trans Kalahari Bypass hit-and-run"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the police, the pedestrian was struck by an unknown vehicle at around 21:00 on Friday and died at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The Toyota VVTi bumped into the trailer of the Scania truck. 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