EIGHTEEN people were injured and one man arrested for drunk driving after a serious road accident between Swakopmund and Walvis Bay on Saturday evening.
A long-distance taxi with 18 occupants and a 4×4 vehicle collided about 15 km outside Swakopmund. The fire a of the two towns had to use the “jaws of life” to remove one of the passengers from the taxi wreck.The driver of the 4×4 was arrested after his blood-alcohol level was allegedly found to be far above the legal limit.According to Aubrey Oosthuizen of International SOS, two people in the taxi sustained serious leg injuries and were taken to a hospital in Windhoek.The other 16 occupants sustained minor injuries.Indications are that the taxi was on its way to Walvis Bay, while the 4×4 was travelling in the direction of Swakopmund.Oosthuizen told The Namibian that it was very misty at the time.The driver is expected to appear in the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s Court today.The fire a of the two towns had to use the “jaws of life” to remove one of the passengers from the taxi wreck.The driver of the 4×4 was arrested after his blood-alcohol level was allegedly found to be far above the legal limit.According to Aubrey Oosthuizen of International SOS, two people in the taxi sustained serious leg injuries and were taken to a hospital in Windhoek.The other 16 occupants sustained minor injuries.Indications are that the taxi was on its way to Walvis Bay, while the 4×4 was travelling in the direction of Swakopmund.Oosthuizen told The Namibian that it was very misty at the time.The driver is expected to appear in the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s Court today.
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