Run-in with warthog lands man in hospital

THE driver of a Toyota 4×4 bakkie was rushed to the Otjiwarongo State Hospital on Tuesday after colliding with a warthog, the Police reported yesterday.

Gert Hendrick is said to have lost control of his vehicle after hitting the animal on the road between Kamanjab and Werda in the Kunene Region. It is not known if the warthog survived the encounter.* A two-year-old boy in northern Namibia died on Tuesday after apparently choking on a piece of orange peel.Matheus Immanuel died in the Onandjokwe Lutheran hospital on his arrival there in the morning.* Also in the North, a 17-year-old boy was arrested at Ohangwena on Tuesday, after he allegedly shot a 35-year-old man in the stomach with an arrow.* A 75-year-old man was arrested at Ohangwena last Thursday in connection with the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl at the town.* A 27-year-old woman was arrested at a village in the Oshana Region on Wednesday after allegedly throwing her newborn baby into a well.Police said yesterday the incident happened in August, immediately after the woman is reported to have given birth to the infant at the Onandjokwe Lutheran hospital.It is not known if the warthog survived the encounter.* A two-year-old boy in northern Namibia died on Tuesday after apparently choking on a piece of orange peel.Matheus Immanuel died in the Onandjokwe Lutheran hospital on his arrival there in the morning.* Also in the North, a 17-year-old boy was arrested at Ohangwena on Tuesday, after he allegedly shot a 35-year-old man in the stomach with an arrow.* A 75-year-old man was arrested at Ohangwena last Thursday in connection with the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl at the town.* A 27-year-old woman was arrested at a village in the Oshana Region on Wednesday after allegedly throwing her newborn baby into a well.Police said yesterday the incident happened in August, immediately after the woman is reported to have given birth to the infant at the Onandjokwe Lutheran hospital.