Malawi FA president Nyamilandu survives crash, wife dead:Updated
The wife of Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president Walter Nyamilandu has been killed in a car crash in which he was also hurt.
Maria Inglis was travelling with her husband from Blantyre to Lilongwe where Nyamilandu was escorting Maria to Kamuzu International Airport where she was to board a plane to China on a private trip.
Then Nyamilandu was scheduled to watch the semifinal match of the Standard Bank Cup involving Bullets FC and Mighty Wanderers when their vehicle crushed near Phalula in Balaka.
Police spokesman in the area, Titani Chadwala, said Nyamirandu lost control of the car as he passed with another vehicle .
“The car overturned three times,” Chadwala said.
Nyasa Times has established that four others including Nyamilandu were receiving treatment at a hospital.
FAM CEO Suzgo Nyirenda confirmed to Nyasa Times in an interview that Nyamilandu was “stable”, adding that doctors would give further details in due course.
The FAM president engaged Maria Inglis in April at Mulanje Golf Club.
Nyamilandu late last year lost his former wife Rehana Surtee Manda, one of the pioneers of Television Malawi
Rehana and Walter had two children together who were under the mothering of Maria.
Meanwhile, another female passenger, Effie Kadzakumanja, who suffered serious injuries in the accident, died on Saturday in hospital in Blantyre.
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