One female passenger has died last Thursday night after a Malawi Post Corporation bus she was travelling in overturned at Nsipe area along Balaka-Ntcheu M1 road. The Higer Bus, registration number BW 7918, was on its way from Blantyre to Karonga with 48 passengers on board. According to Ntcheu Police Spokesperson, Sub Inspector Hastings Chigalu, […]
Two people have died in a road accident in Mzimba on Tuesday as the country gears for Christmas festive this week. Police have identified the two as Linly Chavula and Kenan Mughogho. According to the police, the two died after the vehicle they were traveling in overturned at Gwayi area along Chikangawa-Mzuzu M 1 road. […]
At least 616 people died in road accidents in Malawi in the first quarter of 2020, up from 281 in 2019 and 234 in 2018 during the same period with government calling for concerted efforts from various stakeholders if the country is to make positive strides in reducing road accidents. Deputy Minister of Transport and […]
Cashgate-linked fugitive Limumba Karim has died on Sunday morning following a fatal car crash together with prominent Zimbabwean, socialite and businessman Genius Kadungure, affectionately known as Ginimbi, along the Borrowdale road in Harare. Ginimbi is alleged to have been speeding at the time of the accident following a night of partying at Club Dreams in the […]
Four people have died and another four sustained different degrees of injuries in a head-on collision involving the vehicles they were travelling in at Biriwiri border post along Dedza-Ntcheu section of M1 road. Ntcheu police station deputy public relations officer, sub inspector, Rebecca Kwisongole said the accident involved a Mitsubishi colt saloon and a Mazda […]
First Grade Magistrate Court in Chikwawa has sentenced a driver to pay a fine of K390, 000.00 for causing death due to reckless driving in the district. The driver is Nelson Kavalo aged 22. Southern Region Prosecution Officer, Superintendent Prescott Mwayiulipo told the court that on September 27, 2020 at around 7:00 am at Kajawo […]
A 15 year-old Dora Msiska has died after a passenger vehicle hit her to death as she walked home from school. Police in Nkhata Bay who confirmed the accident on Monday, said the accident occurred around Chipuzumumba area in the district. Nkhata Bay police spokesperson, Kondwani James, said the accident involved a motor vehicle registration […]
At least 13 people are confirmed to have been killed while several others have sustained serious injuries following a car fatality in Ntcheu district on Friday. Ntcheu police publicist, Hastings Chigaru, said the head-on crash which involved a Toyota Hiace minibus registration number DZ 7042 and a bus belonging to Tam-Tam Bus company registration number CP 7920, occurred […]
Two people have died while five others have escaped with injuries after involved in a road accident around Mame Motel which is along the Mzimba-Kazomba M9 Road on Sunday. The two according to the district police spokesperson Peter Botha are a 55 year old woman Lucia Ngoyi and a 42 year old woman Ayela Majuwa. […]
A Malawian national has died while two female Zambian nationals are battling for their lives at Madisi Mission Hospital after sustaining various degrees of injuries in a road accident, which occurred yesterday at Mponela in Dowa. Mponela Police Station spokesperson, Kaitano Lubrino, has identified the deceased as Tadeyo Chipala. Lubrino said Chipala was driving a […]
Vice-President Saulos Chilima’s motorcade was involved in a road accident on Saturday near Phalula, Balaka as he was travelling from Blantyre to Lilongwe. Chilima’s spokesman Pilirani Phiri confirmed about the accident and said the Vice President is believed to be fine. He said the last vehicle on the convoy was the one involved in the […]
Two people have died after a 30 ton truck collided with other two vehicles; a minibus and a 10 ton van at Ntcheu trading center Friday morning. Ntcheu District Hospital Medical Officer, Dr Sella Mpata confirmed to the Malawi News Agency that 19 people sustained various degrees of injuries out of which three were seriously […]
One man has died at Bwengu in Mzimba, the Turn off to Rumphi district in a car accident involving driver to Minister of Natural and Environment Vuwa Kaunda. The driver, Anderson Phiri, who according to eye witness was recklessly driving at high speed apparently in an effort to catch up with President Peter Mutharika’s convoy, […]
At least four supporters of Tonse alliance are receiving treatment at Mchnji district hospital after sustaining serious injuries in a road accident on Tuesday. Speaker of the National Assembly Catherane Gotani Hara, who is also Malawi Congress Party (MCP) deputy secretary general and other Tonse alliance officials stormed Mchinji on Tuesday for a series of […]
The country’s estranged Vice President and UTM president Saulos Klaus Chillima on Thursday cancelled his whistle –stop campaign rallies in Ntcheu following a car accident involving his security detail injuring seriously 10 law enforcers. UTM spokesperson Joseph Chidanti Malunga confirmed the development in an interview. Malunga disclosed that a police vehicle carrying Chilima’s security detail […]
President Peter Mutharika’s running mate Atupele Muluzi has consoles families of Ntcheu fatal accident pledging government’s continued support to the families that lost their relations. Six people have been confirmed dead after two heavy duty vehicles collided about a kilometer before Ntcheu Boma on Tuesday. Two others were injured by a runway truck on Monday, […]
Five people have died in a road accident, Tuesday morning after two heavy duty vehicles collided about a kilometer before Ntcheu Boma. Ntcheu Police Publicist Sub Inspector Hastings Chigalu confirmed of the incident saying four others sustained various degrees of injuries. “The accident involved a Dika Construction Company Water Bowser Truck registration number DA 6322 […]
A fuel tanker registration number T879 DSL / T459 DMD which was en route to Lilongwe from Tanzania caught fire in the early hours of Thursday at Mwakamogho along the Songwe-Karonga M1 road. Confirming the incident, Karonga Police Spokesperson, Enock Livason said the tanker which was loaded with 42, 000 liters of petrol developed a […]