3 accidents on the roads of Malawi
At least nine vehicles have piled up in an accident at Linthipe 1 in Lilongwe after a truck suddenly swayed and blocked the road.
Most of the vehicles are severely damaged.
Police say there has been no deaths but the wounded have been referred to Dedza district hospital, the nearest hospital.
At Chingeni, an Axa bus was involved in an accident after the driver Sanderson Ndekhawho wanted to overtake another vehicle hit a cyclist, forcing the bus to overturn.
The wounded were taken to Balaka district hospital where they are receiving treatment for their injuries.
In Karonga, a Matours bus caught fire at the district bus depot.
The police say the accident happened after all the people had disembarked and all the goods were cleared from the bus.
No one was injured and no property was burnt.
Bus staff said binding was to blame for the fire.
we have to be careful with the chileka – BT dual carriage road because its not too wide as expected . Better if this is looked upon now than later otherwise this road might be a haven of accidents in the near future
by the way nr author thats linthipe 3.
if it was linthipe 1 then the nearest hospital ndi Nkhomatu
AXA BUS DRIVERS ARE VERY VERY CARELESS !! PLEASE MANAGEMENT GIVE YOUR DRIVERS EXTRA COACH LESSONS –YOU ARE DEALING WITH PEOPLES LIVES HERE !! GOD BLESS !!
Very sad stories. I wish all who are injured quick recovery. By looking at the scene at Linthipe 1, I could not understand how all these vehicles overturned after the truck had blocked the road. These are the works of darkness
cyclist cling to main road like they pay motor tax and mini bus drivers still ignorant about safety first! Welcome to the land of it all! Unless we have a Mugufuli type of leadership than this is the results!
this is tragedy
Some of these road accidents could have been avoided if the roads had been wider. Heavily used roads in Malawi need to be widened to make them at least three carriageways. Also more attention needs to be paid to road markings and signings,, especially where there are possible hazards. It is all very well to be building new roads, but they also need to be designed to cope with the traffic.