Pregnant women die in car crash

TWO pregnant women died on Thursday last week when a bakkie in which they were passengers overturned on the road between Eenhana and Okongo in the Ohangwena Region, the Police reported yesterday.

The two women, Lusia Nditila (26) and Claudia Hafinasho (35), both died at the scene after a four-wheel-drive Toyota Hilux bakkie overturned at about 10h00 on Thursday, according to the Police’s bulletin of incidents reported to them over the weekend and late last week. The accident that claimed the two women’s lives was one of four that the Police reported yesterday.Two of the accidents took place on the road between Otjiwarongo and Otavi.On Friday at about 13h30, a Mazda bakkie overturned on that road some 23 kilometres from Otjiwarongo, it was reported.The driver and passengers survived the incident, but had to be treated at an Otjiwarongo hospital.On Saturday, a Toyota Hi-Ace minibus carrying 14 passengers overturned on the same road, some 47 km from Otavi, the Police further reported.All passengers survived, but were seriously injured, according to the Police.Also on Friday, the driver of a car that overturned after crashing into a bridge on the road between Kalkrand and Rehoboth suffered fractures to both his legs.The Police identified the driver as Jaco Merpens (20).The accident that claimed the two women’s lives was one of four that the Police reported yesterday.Two of the accidents took place on the road between Otjiwarongo and Otavi.On Friday at about 13h30, a Mazda bakkie overturned on that road some 23 kilometres from Otjiwarongo, it was reported.The driver and passengers survived the incident, but had to be treated at an Otjiwarongo hospital.On Saturday, a Toyota Hi-Ace minibus carrying 14 passengers overturned on the same road, some 47 km from Otavi, the Police further reported.All passengers survived, but were seriously injured, according to the Police.Also on Friday, the driver of a car that overturned after crashing into a bridge on the road between Kalkrand and Rehoboth suffered fractures to both his legs.The Police identified the driver as Jaco Merpens (20).