Traveling Namibia's Highways

No pictures for this one, just thought I would share about a recent trip to Windhoek, with Daniel Bruwer. We went to pick up a young German lady, Josephine. Needing to arrive at around 08H00, we left Arandis at 04H00. While traveling along the B2 between Karibib and Okahandja, Daniel spotted an auto accident. Turning back to the scene, we arrived to find a Diahatsu sedan on it's roof, quite smashed up, both rear wheels broken off, and much of the exterior spread across the side of the road. We also found a young lady, Wony, standing there, quite distraught.

As she could not climb into the Kombi, we had her sit on the floor in the open side door. A quick assessment determined that she had no life threatening cuts or broken bones. She was however quite cold, and we covered her with the available blankets. After cleaning her wounds on her hand, and checking her feet, we placed a call for her to her parents. Several others arrived, including an off-duty policeman, who phoned for the Okahandja ambulance. Another gentleman from the construction company working on the highway phoned for a wrecker.

We phoned ahead to Brenda and appraised her of our situation. She made arrangements for our passenger to have a comfortable place to wait for our arrival.

After about an hour and a half, the ambulance arrived, the driver went to the wreck, discovered Wony's cell phone, and brought it to her. He then proceeded to check the interior of the vehicle, which several construction workers and Daniel had righted. The two "Sisters" nurses, waited patiently, but no one did anything for Wony. After a bit, I escorted her to the ambulance, and with the help of one of the Sisters, assisted her climb into the ambulance and onto the gurney. The ambulance crew allowed Wony to take her personal belonging with her, so we loaded them into the ambulance. During this time, a Traffic Officer arrived and was collecting information for his report.

Apparently as she crested a hill about 300 meters from where we were, Wony was confronted with two autos occupying both her lane and the other lane on this two lane road. (Passing on a hill) She opted to break left, onto the under construction new lane. There was much loose gravel and she lost control of her vehicle. It appeared to have flipped, rolled and otherwise dished out an "E ticket" ride. Those older folks will understand that one. I had to explain it to Daniel. She had her seat belt fastened, and survived the ride without airbags. Here they are an option.

We were released from the scene, and headed on our way to a successful retrieval of Josephine, a volleyball set, delivery of a cell phone, and a visit with Roderick... an old friend... We later heard that Wony was safely delivered to the Hospital and released the following day... Thank you God!!!