Movie crew member killed

A MEMBER of the ‘Flight of the Phoenix’ film crew was killed in an accident outside Swakopmund on Friday morning.

Harry Smith (40) from the United States died on impact when his sedan car collided head-on with a bakkie at about 02h00 at the Vierkantklip turn-off just outside Swakopmund, the Walvis Bay Police said. The two men in the bakkie were injured.Smith was on his way to Walvis Bay while KR Suetzer and his brother were travelling to Swakopmund to attend to an alarm that had gone off at the business where they work.Suetzer, whose right hand and right upper leg were broken, was later transferred to Windhoek by ambulance.The Swakopmund fire brigade had to cut him out of the vehicle.His brother sustained lacerations to the forehead.Guy Nockels, co-owner of Namib Films and the Namibian unit production manager of the Hollywood movie, said on Friday he was not allowed to comment on the incident.The two men in the bakkie were injured.Smith was on his way to Walvis Bay while KR Suetzer and his brother were travelling to Swakopmund to attend to an alarm that had gone off at the business where they work.Suetzer, whose right hand and right upper leg were broken, was later transferred to Windhoek by ambulance.The Swakopmund fire brigade had to cut him out of the vehicle.His brother sustained lacerations to the forehead.Guy Nockels, co-owner of Namib Films and the Namibian unit production manager of the Hollywood movie, said on Friday he was not allowed to comment on the incident.