Taxi crash at coast claims two lives

TWO people died in a car accident at the Kuisebmond Bridge outside Walvis Bay on Friday afternoon.A taxi was allegedly overtaking a truck when it crashed into a bakkie.

There were five people in the taxi, of whom one man died on the scene. A woman was rushed to the Welwitschia Hospital in Walvis Bay by E-Med ambulance, where she later died from her injuries.Police in Windhoek identified the deceased as Stanley Guim (22) and Lisken Auchas (46).The accident brought the road death toll in Erongo during March to 10.Twenty-two people have died on Erongo’s roads this year.A woman was rushed to the Welwitschia Hospital in Walvis Bay by E-Med ambulance, where she later died from her injuries.Police in Windhoek identified the deceased as Stanley Guim (22) and Lisken Auchas (46).The accident brought the road death toll in Erongo during March to 10.Twenty-two people have died on Erongo’s roads this year.