Ekandjo's driver killed in crash
Two people were killed in a head-on collision north of Okahandja yesterday. One of them was sport minister Jerry Ekandjo's driver, who was driving the minister's official car, a Toyota double-cab bakkie.
The driver of the other car, Jafet Amakutsi (44) also died instantly.
Both drivers were alone in the cars.
According to the police the accident occurred at approximately 01:00 yesterday morning, about 30km from Okahandja.
The chief spokesperson of the Namibian Police, Deputy Commissioner Edwin Kanguatjivi, said the two vehicles collided head-on.
The minister's driver, who is also a police officer, was identified as Johny Lusiano.
This was the fifth crash involving a vehicle assigned to Ekandjo since 2012.
In October 2012 a car allocated to Ekandjo by Swapo rolled over after a tyre burst.
In 2013 there was another accident involving his official vehicle, again outside Okahandja.
In November 2014 Ekandjo's official car was involved in an accident about 30km from Okahandja on the road to Hochfeld, again attributed to a burst tyre. Ekandjo was not in the car at the time. The three occupants were a police officer, his assistant and a cattle herder. Warrant Officer Kauluma Moses Kambonde (52) died upon arrival at the Okahandja hospital.
These accidents were followed by another one in 2015 in the Otavi District and another accident in 2016 in the Kavango West Region.
In March 2007, a six-year-old child identified as Simson Kummy Umati died after he was hit by Ekandjo's ministerial Volvo sedan on the Western Bypass road near Windhoek's Northern Industrial Area.
ELLANIE SMIT
The driver of the other car, Jafet Amakutsi (44) also died instantly.
Both drivers were alone in the cars.
According to the police the accident occurred at approximately 01:00 yesterday morning, about 30km from Okahandja.
The chief spokesperson of the Namibian Police, Deputy Commissioner Edwin Kanguatjivi, said the two vehicles collided head-on.
The minister's driver, who is also a police officer, was identified as Johny Lusiano.
This was the fifth crash involving a vehicle assigned to Ekandjo since 2012.
In October 2012 a car allocated to Ekandjo by Swapo rolled over after a tyre burst.
In 2013 there was another accident involving his official vehicle, again outside Okahandja.
In November 2014 Ekandjo's official car was involved in an accident about 30km from Okahandja on the road to Hochfeld, again attributed to a burst tyre. Ekandjo was not in the car at the time. The three occupants were a police officer, his assistant and a cattle herder. Warrant Officer Kauluma Moses Kambonde (52) died upon arrival at the Okahandja hospital.
These accidents were followed by another one in 2015 in the Otavi District and another accident in 2016 in the Kavango West Region.
In March 2007, a six-year-old child identified as Simson Kummy Umati died after he was hit by Ekandjo's ministerial Volvo sedan on the Western Bypass road near Windhoek's Northern Industrial Area.
ELLANIE SMIT
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