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Namibia: Man dies in tractor accident near Otavi

Man dies in tractor accident near Otavi

Saturday, 13. February 2021

Namibian Police at Otjiwarongo have confirmed the death of a 36-year-old man who died in a tractor accident outside Otavi in the Otjozondjupa Region.

According to regional police spokesperson,  Inspector Maureen Mbeha, the deceased has been identified as Part Erik Roots.

Mbeha says Roots was a passenger on the tractor that overturned at a bridge about five kilometres out of Otavi.

The tractor was en-route from a dam to farm Otavi Fontein at around 20h00 on Friday.

Roots fell off the tractor, which rolled and trapped him under. He was declared dead on the scene. He was a resident of farm Success.

His next of kin are informed and police investigations continue.

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