Two people have died after being hit by a Tanzanian Scania Truck in Mununga area of Lavushimanda District. Muchinga Province Police Commissioner, Kenneth Kang’ombe has confirmed the incident to ZANIS in a statement and identified the deceased as Lamueli Mumbi aged 23 of Tubondo Village and Leonard Mupeta aged 27 of Mununga area in Mpumba […]

Two people have died after being hit by a Tanzanian Scania Truck in Mununga area of Lavushimanda District.

Muchinga Province Police Commissioner, Kenneth Kang’ombe has confirmed the incident to ZANIS in a statement and identified the deceased as Lamueli Mumbi aged 23 of Tubondo Village and Leonard Mupeta aged 27 of Mununga area in Mpumba Chiefdom.

Mr Kang’ombe said the accident occurred on Sunday, May 31, at about 600 meters North of Mununga trading area along the Great North Road.

He explained that the accident happened when the Scania truck driver, Hemedi of Kibaha area of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania lost control of the vehicle due to excessive speed and careered off the road on the right, hitting a cyclist who was completely off the road and was carrying a passenger.

He further said the deceased sustained fatal head and body injuries and were pronounced dead upon arrival at Mpumba Mini hospital while the truck driver Bakari Salimu Hemedi 38, escaped unhurt.