Fallen board kills Windhoek timber worker

An employee of a timber company in Windhoek was killed after a board fell on him on Thursday. Khomas head of crime investigations deputy commissioner Fredrick Ndjadila confirmed this on Friday. He said the incident happened at Timber EX in the Northern Industrial Area. The deceased, identified as Paulus David, was allegedly removing a board with a colleague when it fell and trapped him. “He was declared dead at the scene,” he said. Ndjadila said David’s next of kin have been informed.