Woman killed in collision with Minister’s car

A 62-year-old British national was killed yesterday morning when a car in which Labour Minister Alpheus Naruseb was travelling in ploughed into her vehicle on the Okahandja-Karibib road.

The woman, whose name was not released yesterday, worked for the International Co-operation for Development (ICD). According to the Police, the woman, travelling alone in VW Jetta, had indicated that she was about to turn right, about 15 kilometres outside Okahandja.She apparently changed her mind and the Chevrolet Blazer Naruseb was travelling in hit her car from behind.Eyewitnesses said the woman was driving very slowly and appeared to be about to make a U-turn in the road when she was hit by the Blazer.Naruseb was being driven by a chauffeur and there was a third person in his car.The Blazer overturned but landed back on its wheels in the veld next to the road.Naruseb, his driver and passenger all sustained slight injuries but, as far as could be ascertained, they were not hospitalised.The impact of the collision was so severe that the VW Jetta was ripped in two.The mangled wreckage was strewn across the road.The British woman died upon her arrival at the Okahandja Hospital.Naruseb was on his way to Omaruru, where a new marble factory was being opened.It was not clear where the woman was travelling to.According to the Police, the woman, travelling alone in VW Jetta, had indicated that she was about to turn right, about 15 kilometres outside Okahandja.She apparently changed her mind and the Chevrolet Blazer Naruseb was travelling in hit her car from behind.Eyewitnesses said the woman was driving very slowly and appeared to be about to make a U-turn in the road when she was hit by the Blazer.Naruseb was being driven by a chauffeur and there was a third person in his car.The Blazer overturned but landed back on its wheels in the veld next to the road.Naruseb, his driver and passenger all sustained slight injuries but, as far as could be ascertained, they were not hospitalised. The impact of the collision was so severe that the VW Jetta was ripped in two.The mangled wreckage was strewn across the road.The British woman died upon her arrival at the Okahandja Hospital.Naruseb was on his way to Omaruru, where a new marble factory was being opened.It was not clear where the woman was travelling to.