Seventeen people have died on the spot while 48 others sustained serious injuries in a Road traffic accident which happened on the Great East Road between Luangwa market and Luangwa bridge last night.
Police Spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo has confirmed the development and said the accident happened at about 21:08 hours after the driver of the Scania bus registration number ABP 6303 belonging to Kapena Transport which was Eastern bound failed to negotiate a curve causing it to fall into a ditch.
“The accident happened between Luangwa Market and Luangwa Bridge at about 21 08 hours after the driver of the Scania bus registration number ABP 6303 belonging to Kapena Transport which was Eastern bound failed to negotiate a curve making the bus to overturn,” Katongo disclosed.
“Among the dead are three juveniles, six male adults and eight female adults. The driver of the bus is among the 48 injured. The injured persons have since been admitted to Mumpashya and Katondwe Mission Hospitals respectively.”
She added that the bodies of the victims are being transported to the two above mentioned hospital mortuaries.
Katongo also appealed to members of the public who could have relatives on the bus to travel to Luangwa to help with identifying the bodies of the deceased.
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Night barn was not at work,how did the bus leave the station?anyway my condolences.
I remember 10/10/2010 an accident happened not far from the same place my wife who is now late was in the same bus ,she passed on due to efffects of that accident 6yrs later .the toll was as big as this one,whether victims families were taken care of by insurance i dont know .passengers in that bus started complaining of road unwealthyness away Far from Chongwe,not even one passenger took protest to come out to stop the journey,i feel for all who lost their beloved ones ,but if we passengers we realized a fault in a bus we are travelling in let us take to task the drivers so we can find an alternative,remaining quite is costly MTSRP