Construction worker killed by concrete bucket

A 64-year-old employee of Namibia Construction Ltd died last Tuesday morning after being hit by a concrete bucket at work.

Although information was sketchy, Police spokesperson James Matengu said that Fredrik Bock had apparently been operating a crane when the large bucket attached to it swung the wrong way and smashed into him. The incident happened at the premises of Namibia Construction in Windhoek.Bock is said to have died instantly.* A nine-year-old child died at a farm in the Otavi area this weekend when a heap of sand collapsed on her.Cara Ritzdorf was reportedly playing on a pile of sand at the farm Dabib in the Otavi area at about 19h10 on Saturday when some of the sand collapsed on her, claiming her life, a Police spokesperson, Chief Inspector Hieronymus Goraseb, reported.He said the sand suffocated the girl.The Police have opened an inquest docket to investigate the incident, Goraseb said.In another incident in the Otavi area, a 71-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a shooting incident at the plot Horizon the day before.Goraseb said the man had reportedly had a quarrel with a 27-year-old woman at the plot, because she was refusing to leave his house.That was at around 20h10 on Saturday.The man then took a 9 mm pistol and shot her, wounding her in the breast and left arm, it is alleged.The incident happened at the premises of Namibia Construction in Windhoek.Bock is said to have died instantly.* A nine-year-old child died at a farm in the Otavi area this weekend when a heap of sand collapsed on her.Cara Ritzdorf was reportedly playing on a pile of sand at the farm Dabib in the Otavi area at about 19h10 on Saturday when some of the sand collapsed on her, claiming her life, a Police spokesperson, Chief Inspector Hieronymus Goraseb, reported.He said the sand suffocated the girl.The Police have opened an inquest docket to investigate the incident, Goraseb said.In another incident in the Otavi area, a 71-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a shooting incident at the plot Horizon the day before.Goraseb said the man had reportedly had a quarrel with a 27-year-old woman at the plot, because she was refusing to leave his house.That was at around 20h10 on Saturday.The man then took a 9 mm pistol and shot her, wounding her in the breast and left arm, it is alleged.