Driver in horrid car crash appears in court

The truck driver who was involved in a head-on collision with a minibus late on Friday afternoon, in which 15 people died, appeared in the Tsumeb Magistrate’s Court yesterday and was released on a warning, pending further investigations and a legal aid application.

The crash ocurred near Casablanca settlement, about 13km from Omuthiya on the Ondangwa-Oshivelo main road.

Both vehicles reportedly caught fire, killing 15 people in the minibus on the spot, including the driver. Only one female passenger in the minibus is said to have survived the dreadful accident.