Two university participants killed in accident in Namibia’s Zambezi region
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on The Namibian
Two participants in an academic conference, a 20-year-old Namibian student and a 48-year-old Zimbabwean delegate, were killed in an accident on the road linking Katima Mulilo and Ngoma. The vehicle was carrying ten people and left the road after a tyre burst, according to Namibian police cited by The Namibian.
Two participants in a conference of the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area university consortium were killed in a road accident on Saturday 17 October in Namibia’s Zambezi region, police said. The victims were a 48-year-old Zimbabwean and a 20-year-old Namibian, according to Zambezi police commander Julia Sakuwa-Neo.
The accident occurred at around 7am in the Mubiza area, on the road between Katima Mulilo and Ngoma. The vehicle was carrying ten people and left the road after a tyre burst. The other occupants were injured, with injuries ranging from serious to minor. The University of Namibia offered its condolences to the victims’ families.
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