Four die on roads at coast

TWO young children are among four people who were killed in car accidents on coastal roads this weekend.

A four-year-old toddler and a six-month-old baby were the first fatalities. The minibus they were travelling in left the road hear Arandis and overturned on Friday afternoon.According to the emergency services, they died instantly.Emergency teams from International SOS, E-Med, St Gabriels and Swakopmund State Hospital rushed the other 12 passengers to the Swakopmund State Hospital, where a third person died.Three survivors who suffered serious injuries were transported to Windhoek on Friday and Saturday.Two hours later, an outing to Lover’s Hill at Walvis Bay ended in the Welwitschia Hospital when one person was seriously injured after the car he was travelling in overturned.Two passengers were less seriously hurt.Another person died in a head-on collision between two cars close to the turn-off to Langstrand.Five passengers escaped with minor injuries.The unofficial death toll in 107 accidents on coastal roads so far this year stands at 63.The minibus they were travelling in left the road hear Arandis and overturned on Friday afternoon.According to the emergency services, they died instantly.Emergency teams from International SOS, E-Med, St Gabriels and Swakopmund State Hospital rushed the other 12 passengers to the Swakopmund State Hospital, where a third person died.Three survivors who suffered serious injuries were transported to Windhoek on Friday and Saturday.Two hours later, an outing to Lover’s Hill at Walvis Bay ended in the Welwitschia Hospital when one person was seriously injured after the car he was travelling in overturned.Two passengers were less seriously hurt.Another person died in a head-on collision between two cars close to the turn-off to Langstrand.Five passengers escaped with minor injuries.The unofficial death toll in 107 accidents on coastal roads so far this year stands at 63.