4 SDA members die in road accident

September 11, 2012 | Filed under: Local News | Posted by: web editor

From ALEX NJOVU in Kitwe
FOUR Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) church members yesterday died on the spot in a road traffic accident on the Kitwe-Chingola road, while two others are nursing injuries in the Kitwe Central Hospital.
Copperbelt commissioner of police Mary Tembo said in an interview in Kitwe yesterday that the accident happened around 07:00 hours in Chambishi.
Ms Tembo identified the dead as Emmy Kakungu, Doreen Chimba, the driver Manasseh Mulombe and Josephine Hang’andu while those admitted to hospital are Davies Kachong and Potiphar Mpumba, all residents of Solwezi.
Ms Tembo said the accident happened when Mr Mulombe, who was driving a Toyota Gaia registration number ACZ 3060, tried to overtake a Toyota Noah registration number ABC 58 and collided head on with an oncoming truck registration number ACC 5285.
“There were six people in the Toyota Gaia and four of them who include three women and the driver died on the spot, while two others are admitted to Kitwe Central Hospital. The Toyota Noah and Gaia are extensively damaged,” Ms Tembo said.
She said the accident victims were on their way to Solwezi from attending a wedding in Monze.
Ms Tembo said the bodies are in the Chambishi Government clinic mortuary.
And speaking from his hospital bed at Kitwe Central Hospital, Mr Kachong said he started screaming for help when the accident happened and expected help from other passengers, not knowing that they had died.
“I was calling for help, as I was seated in the middle. There was no response and when I looked around, I noticed that the other passengers, including the driver, were dead,” Kachong said.