Three Suspected Drunk Drivers Arrested as Road Accidents Injure Several People
Three suspected drunk drivers were arrested in separate incidents in Kamanjab and Rehoboth over the weekend, while several people sustained injuries in road accidents in Rehoboth, Okahandja and Windhoek.
According to the Namibian Police Weekend Crime Report, a 24-year-old man was arrested on Friday after he was stopped at a roadblock on the C35 Kamanjab–Khorixas road near Kamanjab Clinic while driving a white Haval.
The driver allegedly tested positive for alcohol and was taken to Kamanjab Clinic for a blood sample to be collected. He was subsequently arrested and detained at Kamanjab Police Station.
In Rehoboth, two more suspects, a 36-year-old man and an adult woman, were arrested in separate incidents on Sunday morning after allegedly driving with alcohol concentrations exceeding 0.37mg/1,000ml of exhaled breath. Both are expected to appear before the Rehoboth Magistrate’s Court.
Meanwhile, several people were injured in separate road accidents reported in Rehoboth, Okahandja and Windhoek.
In Rehoboth, a driver sustained serious injuries in a head-on collision at the four-way intersection north of Kaap Agri on Friday.
Police reported that the driver of a white Volkswagen Polo Vivo, registered in Mariental, was travelling at high speed along Bahnhof Road towards the intersection. While turning left onto the B1 road, the driver allegedly failed to keep left and collided head-on with an oncoming black Mazda Premacy seven-seater travelling north from the direction of Kaap Agri.
The Polo Vivo driver was taken for medical treatment, while the Mazda driver and passengers escaped without injuries. Both drivers tested negative for alcohol, and police investigations are continuing.
In Okahandja, a 19-year-old female pedestrian was injured after she was struck by a white Peugeot in front of Nau-Aib Primary School on Friday. The vehicle was driven by a 51-year-old woman.
The injured pedestrian was taken to Okahandja State Hospital for medical attention. The driver faces allegations of drunken driving and reckless or negligent driving. Police investigations into the incident are ongoing.
In another incident in Windhoek, a 24-year-old female pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in Beijing Street, Otjomuise, on Saturday.
The driver allegedly fled the scene without stopping. The pedestrian was taken to Katutura Hospital, where she was reported to be in a stable condition.
Police have not yet identified the driver or the vehicle involved, and investigations continue.
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