The Chirimba-Magalasi accident occured barely a day after a
speedig bus, belonging to Future Tours, killed 10 passengers on spot and
injured dozen others at Rivirivi, Manjawira in Ntcheu Saturday afternoon.
According to Blantyre Police spokesperson Elizabeth Divala,
the truck’s brakes malfunctioned in the process sweeping seven vehicles
including four minibuses.
“The driver of the truck identified as Stephano Mikeli, 30,
of Kapesi Village, Traditional Authority [T/A] Kachere in dedza, who works at
Almeda Transport in Lilongwe, hit other vehicles due to over speeding.
“Four people in three different vehicles died on the spot,
including our fellow officer Smartson Mkandawire who was with his friends in a
Toyota Carina registration NS2161,” she said.
The Police indicated
that the death toll may rise since more victims are in critical conditions at
Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital where they have been rushed to.
Reports also indicate that people, who rushed to the scene,
instead of rescuing the victims, scrambled for the bags of cement at the
expense of the victims’ lives.
In Lilongwe, four people, including a minibus driver died on
arrival at Mitundu Community Rural Hospital after the vehicles they were traveling
in equally involved in a road accident at Chiseka Quarry along Mitundu road the
district.
Credit: Yankho Msukwa
Yankho Msukwa
The
Chirimba-Magalasi accident occured barely a day after a speedig bus,
belonging to Future Tours, killed 10 passengers on spot and injured
dozen others at Rivirivi, Manjawira in Ntcheu Saturday afternoon.
According to Blantyre Police spokesperson Elizabeth Divala, the truck’s brakes malfunctioned in the process sweeping seven vehicles including four minibuses.
“The driver of the truck identified as Stephano Mikeli, 30, of Kapesi Village, Traditional Authority [T/A] Kachere in dedza, who works at Almeda Transport in Lilongwe, hit other vehicles due to over speeding.
“Four people in three different vehicles died on the spot, including our fellow officer Smartson Mkandawire who was with his friends in a Toyota Carina registration NS2161,” she said.
The Police indicated that the death toll may rise since more victims are in critical conditions at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital where they have been rushed to.
Reports also indicate that people, who rushed to the scene, instead of rescuing the victims, scrambled for the bags of cement at the expense of the victims’ lives.
In Lilongwe, four people, including a minibus driver died on arrival at Mitundu Community Rural Hospital after the vehicles they were traveling in equally involved in a road accident at Chiseka Quarry along Mitundu road the district.
- See more at: https://www.nyasatimes.com/truck-carrying-cement-crashes-killing-four-mutharika-saddened-horrific-accidents-orders-govt-assist-victims/#sthash.5nZilmZJ.dpuf
According to Blantyre Police spokesperson Elizabeth Divala, the truck’s brakes malfunctioned in the process sweeping seven vehicles including four minibuses.
“The driver of the truck identified as Stephano Mikeli, 30, of Kapesi Village, Traditional Authority [T/A] Kachere in dedza, who works at Almeda Transport in Lilongwe, hit other vehicles due to over speeding.
“Four people in three different vehicles died on the spot, including our fellow officer Smartson Mkandawire who was with his friends in a Toyota Carina registration NS2161,” she said.
The Police indicated that the death toll may rise since more victims are in critical conditions at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital where they have been rushed to.
Reports also indicate that people, who rushed to the scene, instead of rescuing the victims, scrambled for the bags of cement at the expense of the victims’ lives.
In Lilongwe, four people, including a minibus driver died on arrival at Mitundu Community Rural Hospital after the vehicles they were traveling in equally involved in a road accident at Chiseka Quarry along Mitundu road the district.
- See more at: https://www.nyasatimes.com/truck-carrying-cement-crashes-killing-four-mutharika-saddened-horrific-accidents-orders-govt-assist-victims/#sthash.5nZilmZJ.dpuf
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