TWO locomotives pulling 35 container wagons loaded with magnesium derailed just east of the Arandis railway station on Thursday evening. The assistant driver died and the driver was admitted to the intensive care unit in Swakopmund's Cottage MediClinic hospital.
Erongo's regional crime investigation coordinator, Deputy Commissioner Ottilie Kashupuulwa, told The Namibian that brake failure is suspected to be the cause of the accident. The deceased, 46-year-old Billy Owoseb, was a resident of Kuisebmond in Walvis Bay. He died of his injuries in hospital.
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