New northern railway line claims its first victim

A CAR belonging to Absalom Kalugongo of Omutsegwonime in the Oshikoto Region was destroyed by a train at the railway construction site near Oshivelo on Tuesday evening.

Apparently, Kalugongo tried to cross the new railway line to his farm, but his car became stuck on the rails. A train carrying construction material for the railway building project ploughed into the car, damaging it beyond repair.Nobody was hurt in the accident and the train was not damaged.Kalugongo says he wants compensation from TransNamib, but the railway parastatal says the accident was his own fault.This is the first accident on the new Tsumeb-Oshikango railway since the construction project started two years ago.A train carrying construction material for the railway building project ploughed into the car, damaging it beyond repair.Nobody was hurt in the accident and the train was not damaged.Kalugongo says he wants compensation from TransNamib, but the railway parastatal says the accident was his own fault.This is the first accident on the new Tsumeb-Oshikango railway since the construction project started two years ago.