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Solwezi Traffic Cop Dies In Passenger Bus Chase
A TRAFFIC Police officer in Solwezi has died in a car chase that turned tragic yesterday.
The officer identified as Colby Shamalenge, 28, was with two others when they chased after a passenger bus they suspected to have been defective.
Mr Shamalenge died on the spot after the car they had hijacked and used to pursue a Jitotwe passenger coach overturned.
The incident happened at Kimitote area along the Solwezi-Mutanda Road around 09.30 hours yesterday.
The other officers in the same vehicle sustained injuries and were admitted to Solwezi General Hospital.
North-Western Province Deputy Police chief Michael Nkaka confirmed the accident and said Mr Shamalenge was a constable in the traffic section.
He identified the other two as Emmanuel Pelekelo, 24, and Henry Zulu, aged 25, both constables in the traffic section at Kyawama Police Station.
Mr Nkaka said the body of the deceased was in Solwezi General Hospital mortuary, while investigations had been launched.
Some eye witnesses said one of the three Police officers controlling traffic at Food 24 Restaurant approached a taxi driver and gave him money to go and buy him talk time and food.
The Police officer was said to have kept the keys of the taxi, a Toyota Vintage, registration ADC 2555.
The eye witnesses said soon after the taxi driver left, the three Police officers jumped into the car left in their custody and pursued the passenger coach which they suspected to have defects.
They said the speeding car was trying to overtake the bus when it lost control and rammed into a drainage before it overturned.-ZANIS.
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shibobo
December 4, 2013 at 8:23 am
This is what happens when you take the Law in your own hands.Let other police officers learn that the love of money is the root of all evil.
Let the surviving officers be forced to get loans and buy the car for the taxi driver and remove them from traffic sector and send them to the police reception.
newton
December 4, 2013 at 9:00 am
shibobo you re right, let those officers be charged for taking perculinary advantage/ over speeding & theft by trick.
Nandi
December 4, 2013 at 3:58 pm
theft by trick…lol…wandepula
boss
December 5, 2013 at 3:08 am
newton haha. its theft by trickery hahhahaha. but you are right my friend
malchi
December 4, 2013 at 8:34 am
That is the problem with being overzealous. Sorry for the lost life. Traffic police sometimes overdo it.
AMANO
December 4, 2013 at 8:35 am
Fire the surviving officers, and use there benefits to buy the vintage they robbed, then charge them with aggreveted robbery they deserve to be in jail. these are not officers but thieves
soup abodobo bupalo kawama tatwakaye
December 4, 2013 at 10:05 am
yes ifibaice nafitumpa sana.
moojo
December 5, 2013 at 7:12 am
not aggravated but just robbery since they didnt use any force or weapon
Me
December 4, 2013 at 8:53 am
I honestly think these are the people who need to be fired.
newton
December 4, 2013 at 9:08 am
these officers according to their ages they seem to me like they have served less than five yrs . that means they were still very excited to a level of even stealing a car to pursue “money” they saw in the coach. I thought chasing of motorists with private cars is now ilegal, someone answer me. RTSA let the chase remain yours.
mwaba
December 4, 2013 at 9:13 am
That traffic officer who died good for him. I hate traffic officers, and they will be dying one by one.
tutu
December 4, 2013 at 2:51 pm
@mwaba chikala waba ichilitole ukukosa!! umunobe nafwa ati gud 4 him,kulanda kwamusangoshani ukuchinyo chawiso? waba ifimiseba muchimusula!! nganiwiso nangula indume yobe iyifwile? STANYOKOOOO
Saddam
December 4, 2013 at 9:17 am
THE POLICE ARE NOW BECOMING DAY LIGHT ROBBERS…I WISH THEM TO BE PERISHING LIKE THAT IF THEY WONT CHANGE THERE ATTITUDES. LOVE OF MONEY IS THE SOURCE OF EVIL…
tutu
December 4, 2013 at 2:57 pm
@sadam bafinyo bambi kanshi chinshi mu commentera ngatamukwete ifyamano ifya kulanda,chinyo chawiso stanyoko nunka pamputi ka kutunga wire iyakaba kuchibwamba nangula akabwamba…
MISHECK
December 4, 2013 at 9:22 am
ANNUAL SACRIFICE ! STOP ACCUSING EACH OTHER. ITS SATANISM AT ITS HIGHEST PEAK. BUS AND TAX DRIVERS SUPPORTED AND VOTED IN NUMBERS.THE SAME PEOPLE ARE BEING SACRIFICED. RATSA AND DRIVERS ARE INNOCENT. WE KNOW. MAY GOD HEAL THIS LAND IN JESUS’ NAME
Punku
December 4, 2013 at 10:13 am
Misheck this is just foolishness on the part of the offices, no satanism involved here.
Why didnt these guys just Radio their colleagues at the next check point and tell them to stop the truck once its there..
Sorry to say this but these offices are fools and do not deserve to be in the service.
itakanya
December 4, 2013 at 10:55 am
point!!!!!!!!!
Me
December 4, 2013 at 1:06 pm
Ummmmm,u think they would do that.there interest was what they would get from the bus driver and not solving the traffic offence.if they radio ther colleagues is like they handing over the money.
boss
December 5, 2013 at 3:11 am
exactly hahahahaha
tutu
December 4, 2013 at 3:01 pm
@misheck waba ichilibolo uku kosa no kunuka!! annual sacrifice ifyaupuba stanyoko…
sorry
December 4, 2013 at 9:57 am
How do you drive someones car? Possibly the late was not a competent driver. ZP traffic know your limits please too young to die like that.
Thegreatone
December 4, 2013 at 9:59 am
This is what happens when police watch too much TV.They tried to pull a Fast & Furious Stunt…Come on guys! leave it to the actors.
soup abodobo bupalo kawama tatwakaye
December 4, 2013 at 2:00 pm
Even paul walker the actor died 3 days ago for over speeding, chabipafye pantu nafwa umunabo .
AMUNA
December 4, 2013 at 10:06 am
think well.this is not satanasim.its a result and a lesson to other oficers.why do people acuse satan even when you have the power to make your choices.why chase JITOTWE BUS.That bus could have been traced just from Solwezi later.
culture
December 4, 2013 at 10:27 am
Misheck why are you highly knowledgeable about the works of satanism than the works of the ALMIGHTY GOD. Get yourself to know much of GOD than satan. how do you associte satanism with a mere act of excitement.
itakanya
December 4, 2013 at 10:59 am
wandepaula ati ‘higly knowledgeable’ na satan than God
INTREPID
December 4, 2013 at 10:31 am
CHARGE THEM FOR THEFT OF MOTOR VEHICLE AND CAUSING DEATH TO ONE’S SELF BY DANGEROUS DRIVING.
matcox
December 4, 2013 at 10:34 am
Zabwino Palibe
matcox
December 4, 2013 at 10:35 am
Batumfweko, where is my other comment?
BA-RAS
December 4, 2013 at 10:42 am
May his soul rest in eternal peace.Every day is someone’s birthday, at the same time,every day is someone’s death day.
Future President
December 4, 2013 at 10:58 am
In as much as the Police are in a panic to raise money for Xmas and School fees for their children next year, like we all do, that was too extreme….
state
December 4, 2013 at 11:14 am
Charge them all tired of these police traffic.
mailoni brother
December 4, 2013 at 11:25 am
foolish police men.how could they have known.maybe the same taxi was more diffective than the jitotwe bus.hence plunging them in a ditch.mulekwata amano pa kapokola.
mailoni brother
December 4, 2013 at 11:29 am
ububwine bu kapokola bwa ku joina na coruption awe te sana mwe.
Village Chicken
December 4, 2013 at 11:30 am
@Misheck, your faith in Satanism is strange. Those Police Officers simply overstepped their limits, and apparently they could even be un experienced at driving, let alone chase driving. Highway code says ‘Know your motor vehicle well and understand its limits’. They didn’t. The i-d-i-o-ts just made another entry in ’1000 ways to die.’
JUDGEMENT DAY
December 4, 2013 at 1:37 pm
indeed its breaking down into the 1000 ways to die. what a shame, learn to issue receipts too you the remaining cops.
mweempe moolo sampa
December 4, 2013 at 12:29 pm
I THOUGHT MOTOR VEHICLES CAN BE TRACED ON THE DATA BASE JUST GETTING THE REG NUMBERS.
THE BULL;;;;
Robert Thawe
December 4, 2013 at 12:35 pm
Its woke up call to all cops that take the law in their hands. Let the two surviving cops pay for the damaged car and the dead cops benefits be deducted too to pay for the same.
Meanwhile fire the Cops for as an example to those that would be offender cops.
LARRY WALLET
December 4, 2013 at 1:28 pm
It appears that junior cops work to meet cashings 4 senior officers who turn give then promotions.They send thieves to catch thieves.Good lesssssson.
victor sampa
December 4, 2013 at 1:34 pm
sorry indeed 4our late brother its realy very sad,de fact 4sure is wat ever de offiicers did they cant steal a car im very sure the owner (tax driver)permited them. on the other hand life is lost here brothers wat i expected is pipo to symphathyze with his demise imagine he his yo brother lets be realistic.im not saying we should not talk about it no but wat im saying z he might be working under instruction.
Bima
December 4, 2013 at 1:48 pm
The whole story in this passage is full of lies as the two surviving officers are in severe pain and they haven’t given their side of the story. Only a shallow minded person can accept to be misled by this lies. Mhsrip.
Cathy
December 4, 2013 at 2:11 pm
that’s being dull! why risking the passengers lives as well as theirs when they can get the number plate or mount a road block to catch the culprits? common sense is not definitely common at all
Bebeni Bonfwe
December 4, 2013 at 2:30 pm
There’s nothing to be sorry for. You rip what you saw. Good for that foolish police man who died. His death was justified. In fact fak him. This should be a learning lession for rest of them so-called law enforcement officers and bagas. The motive was wrong from the onset. I wish them corrupt officers die in one or more of the same situation. Foolish police!!!!
Bebeni Bonfwe
December 4, 2013 at 2:32 pm
I can only be sorry for the damaged taxi drivers vehicle. They surviving cops should pay through their nose to have it replaced and not just repaired. ****** cops!! We need sanity in our country.
tutu
December 4, 2013 at 3:17 pm
@bebeni bonfwe chikala ulichilitolesana!! hw cn u say such things wen a life z lst? bushe ulimwana wamuntu iwewine nangula nimbwa shakufyele? stanyoko…
tutu
December 4, 2013 at 3:13 pm
@misheck waba ichilibolo uku kosa no kunuka!! annual sacrifice ifyaupuba stanyoko…
Temwani
December 4, 2013 at 2:39 pm
I know these guys as I live in this area… and why chase after Jitotwe bus when this bus passes along Solwezi-Mutanda route everyday. they could have just informed their colleagues at Mutanda Check point. Shame on you.
Temwani
December 4, 2013 at 2:41 pm
I know these guys as I live in this area… and why chase after Jitotwe bus when this bus passes along Solwezi-Mutanda route everyday. they could have just informed other cops at Mutanda Check point. Shame on you.
afcon phiri
December 4, 2013 at 3:06 pm
WHAT MOTIVATED THESE OFFICERS TO CHASE AFTER THE BUS WAS NOT DUTY BUT MONEY.
LESSON LEARNT.
musonda
December 4, 2013 at 3:16 pm
it was not the money but making the taxi driver understand that really they are punishers and one cant just get away with it.
musonda
December 4, 2013 at 3:22 pm
the officer who compelled his colleges to get into the car is even alive.
Real man
December 4, 2013 at 3:33 pm
There is another traffic cop in Kitwe using a private Corrolla,Reg ZP 1375B.She is a Sgt.from Nkana East police,she just patrols central street and makes arrest anyhow.
Simwendalike
December 4, 2013 at 3:44 pm
Manje mwaona, mwayamba kufa anso ee. Ba Police nemisango yabo!!
The only one who can teach them a lesson is Malozo Sichone. Corruption is for Policemen and Policemen are for the Corrupt!
Lesson Taught!!
KAFWANKA
December 4, 2013 at 4:04 pm
Corruption is very rampart to all police officers and they have stopped fearing when they are doing the vise..Those police officers including the one who died are to be charged period!!very foolish indeed,its a pity that one life has been lost but all the same let those who are alive to learn a lesson from their colleagues.
frank lungu
December 4, 2013 at 4:04 pm
tutu is a sick man. All he knows are insults.
tas
December 4, 2013 at 4:37 pm
its pity dat sum pipo ve Phd’s in insults but neva 4gt dat u were made by de same private parts u r insultng.think of yo Dad nd mum nxt tym b4 u insult
Hussen Daka
December 4, 2013 at 4:53 pm
Zambia a Christian Nation, if Jesus was to judge this case what do you think he would say? I rest my case before you who call yourselves the followers of Jesus the Christ.
Chali
December 4, 2013 at 5:27 pm
Mulomo!!
GADDAFI
December 4, 2013 at 6:06 pm
R.I.P tho i will remember u like the MAILONI BRO’s #Bad boys.
Godfrey phiri
December 4, 2013 at 8:01 pm
Sorry for his family,the bible says you will reap what you sow, hope he is in God’s Hands but i doult police………………
moojo
December 5, 2013 at 7:16 am
Was this roadblock sanctioned by the command?because a senior officer is supposed to be in charge of any roadblock.
Tunchi
December 5, 2013 at 9:21 am
Some pipo ar jst so heartless sm1 has passd awy en u continue commentin shit!!!!smh
TRIPLE.M
December 5, 2013 at 10:48 am
chasing people in vehicles is not profession way of working it will just lead into many accident. can they find the good way of operating
SIDO
December 5, 2013 at 12:05 pm
ABA ilyakwe cikala traffic abo bafikala it’s a lesson.
Synchronizer
December 5, 2013 at 3:27 pm
I wish more and more flies to die in a similar way
yellow jenalist
December 5, 2013 at 8:45 pm
The reporting is poor