Fatal accident at coast

ONE man died on the scene and another was seriously injured in a car accident near Walvis Bay on Sunday.

The accident happened at around 05h00, some four kilometres outside Walvis Bay on the road to Swakopmund, when a Volkswagen Polo and an Opel Kadett collided head-on. One of the men in the Polo had to be cut from the wreck by the Walvis Bay Fire Department before the ISOS rushed him to the Walvis Bay State Hospital.He was treated for serious head and pelvic injuries and was later airlifted to a hospital in Windhoek.Two passengers, one in each vehicle, were treated for minor injuries.* A 53-year-old woman sustained serious back injuries in a car accident on the Nonidas road outside Swakopmund around 07h30 on Saturday.She was taken to the Swakopmund Cottage Hospital, from where she was later flown to MediClinic in Windhoek.One of the men in the Polo had to be cut from the wreck by the Walvis Bay Fire Department before the ISOS rushed him to the Walvis Bay State Hospital.He was treated for serious head and pelvic injuries and was later airlifted to a hospital in Windhoek.Two passengers, one in each vehicle, were treated for minor injuries.* A 53-year-old woman sustained serious back injuries in a car accident on the Nonidas road outside Swakopmund around 07h30 on Saturday.She was taken to the Swakopmund Cottage Hospital, from where she was later flown to MediClinic in Windhoek.