OSHAKATI - The death toll in the road crash that occurred at Okashandja village between Ondangwa and Uukwiyuushona on Friday has risen to  eight after one of the victims who was being hospitalised, died yesterday.

“Four people died on the spot, while seven others were initially rushed to the hospital, where four succumbed to their injuries,” said head of the Oshana Community Policing Sub-division, Inspector Thomas Aiyambo.

It is alleged that the driver of a white Toyota pick-up with Ondangwa registration lost control of the vehicle before colliding head-on with a white Toyota Rush with Oshakati registration coming from the opposite direction.

Aiyambo added that the driver of the Toyota pickup, 66-year-old David Tomas, a resident of the Ekwatambwa village, died on the spot, while the driver of the Toyota Rush, 46-year-old Aina Angaleni Iita, a resident of Oshakati, was seriously injured and admitted to the Onandjokwe hospital.

She was later transferred to Ongwediva Medipark, where she passed away yesterday.

Among the seven passengers in the Toyota pick-up, Jacob Petrus (73) and Teodor Akwaake (67) died on the spot, while Lea Lukas (63), Immanuel Johannes (35), and Festus Kondjeni (36) succumbed to their injuries later in the hospital.

Two other passengers of the pick-up - Sakaria Nafuka (39) and Tomas Sakaria (20) - are admitted to hospital with
serious injuries.

Of the two passengers in the Toyota Rush, Nehale Toivo Nadhipite Amupolo (21) died on the spot, while Daniel Kateta (41) sustained serious injuries and was
admitted to hospital.

Police investigations into the matter continue. - Nampa