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Mwinulunga-Solwezi Accident Leaves 6 Dead
SIX people died on the spot when a Lusaka-bound bus they were travelling in overturned on the Solwezi-Mwinilunga road yesterday.
The Jitotwe bus had 25 people on board and 14, including the driver were injured, most of them seriously.
The accident happened around 07:00 hours at Kanzala, about 180kms from Mwinilunga and 110 km from Solwezi.
The deceased include Mwinilunga district police officer commanding Christopher Jinungo’s wife and his niece.
Mr Jinungo was also on board but survived the accident.
A Daily Mail reporter who went to the scene found hundreds of onlookers watching helplessly as police officers from both the divisional headquarters and Mwinilunga Police Station struggled to retrieve bodies trapped in the wreckage.
Quick response rescue teams from Barrick Lumwana and Kalumbila Trident mines that included specialised doctors were called to help retrieve the bodies and treat the injured.
The six bodies were taken to Mwinilunga District Hospital mortuary.
The driver of the bus, Brian Phiri, sustained serious injuries and was rushed to Solwezi General Hospital. The 13 injured passengers were rushed to Mwinilunga District Hospital.
One of the survivors, Ngosa Mwaba, who was the bus conductor said in an interview at the scene that the accident happened after the driver failed to negotiate a curve and the bus careered off the road and rammed into an anthill.
“You know it was raining. Then as we approached the bridge, because of this curve, the driver wanted to apply brakes and failed to negotiate. That is when it overturned, hitting into an anthill on the right side,” Mr Mwaba said.
Meanwhile, Solwezi district commissioner Crispin Likando said at the scene in company of several other Government officers that some road accidents on the Solwezi-Mwinilunga road are because of lack of road signs.
He said Government is concerned about the number of people dying in road traffic accidents.
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wisdom
April 10, 2014 at 10:49 am
when the govt borrow money to work on roads you say are we going to eat roads.its sad indeed to lose pipo like that. MAY WELL MEANINGFUL PIPO SUPOT THIS GOVT. we need good roads
illogical logic
April 10, 2014 at 11:10 am
A Daily Mail reporter who went to the scene found hundreds of onlookers watching helplessly as police officers from both the divisional headquarters and Mwinilunga Police Station struggled to retrieve bodies trapped in the wreckage. Surely these hundreds of onlookers can help?…
bob
April 10, 2014 at 11:25 am
LAST DAYS..!!! WATCH OUT..!!MTSRIP
Wanyafye Tigers FC
April 11, 2014 at 10:44 am
What last days, when my nephew was born yesterday and is looking at going to UNZA when he grows up? Work on road safety systems, retrain your drivers, retrain RATSA officers, minimize on buying Chinese buses.
Umupandapwiti
April 10, 2014 at 11:30 am
Cabipa. Ine naumfwa ubulanda!!!
umuzompiki
April 10, 2014 at 11:48 am
May thr souls rest in peace…..GOd help the families of the deceased n those wu r in da hospitals…
UMWAUME
April 10, 2014 at 11:54 am
Looking at the pictuires of the bus you can conclude that the driver was overspeeding and thats why he couldnt control the bus
Kaonde
April 10, 2014 at 12:17 pm
Kyatama sana ku bakwetu bafwa, be kozya ne ba fwilwa balongo babo, kine Lesa emikoseshe mu kikye kimye kya majila/bulanda.
MUSONA
April 10, 2014 at 12:56 pm
MORE SATANISM SACRIFICE.RATSA CHURCHES AND ALL ZAMBIANS LET US PRAY FOR THIS NATION. INVOLVE GOD. GOD COVER THIS NATION IN THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS AMEN!
Wanyafye Tigers FC
April 11, 2014 at 10:46 am
Hell….
priscillah
April 10, 2014 at 1:44 pm
yes musona, let as ask God for help his nation,may is soul rest in piece and let evryone get well.
Chaona
April 10, 2014 at 2:09 pm
This is a tragedy and very painful.
Shokolokobangoshay
April 10, 2014 at 2:15 pm
Sad indeed!!!!!
diamond platinum
April 10, 2014 at 5:42 pm
Road signs are very important,I wonder why the government fell to put road signs,we have seen the road signs in southafrica.why can’t we the same? This accidents are caused by bad roads and poor signs or no signs. May their souls rest in peace.
jlo
April 10, 2014 at 10:47 pm
I wish the govt comes up with a law which allows public transport to have speed limit by installing speed limit devices. Iam sure the bus was over speeding
Wanyafye Tigers FC
April 11, 2014 at 10:41 am
Condolences to the bereaved families.
1. Poor roads – roads meant for Bedfords and Thames Trader trucks – are still full use today. We need to modernize road designs and construction.
2. (I am not condemning this driver per se) but Drivers that graduate from sweet sellers to bus washers to call boy to conductor to “PSV’ cannot be expected to know much about the difference between a) carrying people or sand, b) potholed road and N1 type of road, c) rainy and dry conditions driving.
3. In a country where road paint can fade within one month of painting and engineers at RDA are happy with the paint, expect crap.
oscar
April 11, 2014 at 11:56 am
It is shocking that the gov’t is failling to put road signs across the country something which is very cheap.worse is solwezi chingola road please RDA what are you doing please the road is extremely bad do something urgently before lives are lost on that road,twapapata
Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370
April 11, 2014 at 3:16 pm
Very sad indeed. It is scaring to use road transport in Zambia. We need to get back to our forefathers way of living. Next week am traveling from Lusaka to Mongu with my family by foot.