Police in Keetmanshoop have reported a tragic incident involving a local resident who committed suicide by driving his NP 300 Nissan Bakkie head-on into an oncoming truck, resulting in his death.
Two people have died after an Intercape bus and an Iveco minibus collided head-on about 57 kilometres north of Otjiwarongo in the Otjozondjupa Region.
According to Otjozondjupa Police’s community liaison officer, Senior Inspector Maureen Mbeha, the accident occurred this morning.
Two accidents were reported in the Otjozondjupa Region on Thursday night and early this morning, resulting in the death of one person.
Four people died in a head-on collision between a polo sedan and a seven-seater on the B1 road between Otjiwarongo and Otavi in the early hours of this morning.
The Erongo Police have released the names of the two people who died in a helicopter accident near the Swakopmund airport.
One of the deceased was 54-year-old Jacques Jacobs, a Chief Pilot and Pilot Instructor at the Flying School Company.
One person died in a fatal accident this morning on the B2 road outside Arandis involving a single cab bakkie and a truck.
The accident was caused by sandstorms.
A 45-year-old woman was raped and brutally murdered in Tsumkwe at Otjozondjupa Region.
This was confirmed by Otjozondjupa Regional Community Liaison officer, Inspector Maureen Mbeha today.
According to Mbeha, the deceased has been identified as /Koce /Ukxa.
