Woman loses leg in freak accident

According to Station Traffic Officer of Nata police, Inspector Kedibonye Motswakae, the accident happened last Monday at around 7:30am when the woman and her colleagues had just reported for work at the company's workshop which is situated at Mmanxotae Bridge, about 25km north-east of Nata.

He said the front loader machine, which was being driven by a 26-year-old man, had gone to the workshop to load some materials.  As it came out of the workshop, it is alleged, the giant machine lurched forward towards the woman who was in the company of two of her colleagues. "The other two women managed to escape while one of them was crushed by this machine. The driver claims that the brakes of the machine had failed," said Inspector Motswakae. The machine allegedly knocked down the woman, crushing her right leg and seriously injuring the other one.