Roads Authority board chair dies after horrific crash

Roads Authority board chairman  Jackson Gomani has died after a car crash at Nanthenje trading centre just after Lilongwe as he was travelling to Blantyre in a Nissan Note registration number NN 615.

Police confirmed the death, the Gomani died in “tragic incident”  at Nathenje Bridge, Lilongwe, on Monday where the vehicle he was travelling in fell into the river as his driver tried to overtake another car.

Central Region Police public relations officer Nolliettie Chihana

said Gomani died at Nathenje Health Centre after sustaining internal injuries while the driver Charles Malidadi, 37, of Sumani Village in traditional authority (T/A) Nsomba, Blantyre sustained a cut in the head.

“[Gomani’s] body is now at Kamuzu Central Hospital. And the vehicle is extensively damaged,” she narrated.

Gomani was in the news recently when he disclosed that the Roads Authority board had suspended Chief Executive Officer Trevor Hiwa after a team of investigators found him guilty that he awarded a K217 million World Bank funded project to his own company called Infracon Limited and that he should face disciplinary action, government spokesman has confirmed.