By Staff Reporter
Bwabwata National Park — Three people died on the spot and four others were injured, one seriously, after a station wagon and a truck collided head-on late Friday night on the B8 road at Chetto, inside Bwabwata National Park.
The accident occurred at around 00:15 on Saturday, 5 September 2026, when a Volvo station wagon travelling to Katima Mulilo collided with a Shackman truck heading in the opposite direction towards Rundu (W/Bay). The impact caused the station wagon to overturn.
The station wagon was carrying seven people. Three occupants — the driver, a Namibian male, and two Namibian female passengers — died at the scene. Three others, two Namibian females and one Namibian male, sustained serious injuries, while a fourth occupant, a Namibian female, sustained minor injuries.
The truck was carrying three people. The driver, a Zambian male, sustained minor injuries, while his two passengers, a Zambian female and a Zambian male, escaped uninjured.
Police say next of kin of the deceased have not yet been informed, and the names of those killed are therefore being withheld for now.
The report was issued by Zambezi Region Police Regional Commander,Julia Sakuwa-Neo.
More details will be published as they become available.
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