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Deceased in Okahandja-Otjiwarongo road collision identified
22 Dec 2018 11:50am
OTJIWARONGO, 22 DEC (NAMPA)  The two deceased persons in the collision that occurred on Friday morning on the Okahandja-Otjiwarongo B1 road have been identified.
Namibian Police Forces Otjozondjupa Regional Commander, Commissioner Heinrich Tjiveze told Nampa on Saturday that the deceased have been identified by their close relatives as Gift Kahale, 33, and a 54-year-old Julia Namaela Kalumbu.
Tjiveze said Kahale was the driver of the sedan, while Kalumbu a passenger.
The two died instantly in the early hours of Friday morning after the sedan they were travelling in collided head-on with a minibus on the Okahandja-Otjiwarongo B1 road at about 02h00 around north of Okahandja.
The minibus, with three occupants including its 27-year-old driver was traveling from Otjiwarongo and the sedan from the opposite direction.
At approximately 70 kilometres north of Okahandja, the two vehicles collided head-on in the middle of the road, killing the driver of the sedan and his female passenger, said Tjiveze.
The occupants in the minibus survived the accident with slight injuries and were taken to the Okahandja State Hospital shortly after the accident.
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