One dead after driver swerves to avoid porcupine
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One person died and seven people sustained injuries to various degrees when a vehicle they were travelling in overturned on the Tsumeb-Tsintsabis road on Monday night.
The deceased has been identified as 47-year-old Fillipus Ipinge Shipanga.
Oshikoto community policing sub-division Chief Inspector Ellen Nehale-Kangulu said the 39-year-old driver of the vehicle veered to avoid hitting a porcupine but lost control, and the vehicle left the road and overturned.
The incident happened at around 20:30 approximately 15 km from Tsumeb.
- Tuyeimo Haidula
The deceased has been identified as 47-year-old Fillipus Ipinge Shipanga.
Oshikoto community policing sub-division Chief Inspector Ellen Nehale-Kangulu said the 39-year-old driver of the vehicle veered to avoid hitting a porcupine but lost control, and the vehicle left the road and overturned.
The incident happened at around 20:30 approximately 15 km from Tsumeb.
- Tuyeimo Haidula
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