A vehicle carrying 24 thousand litres of Air Jet fuel that was being transported to Mongu ZAF office has been burnt to ashes leaving the driver with serious body burns.
Western Province Police Commissioner Farwell Siandenge confirmed the incidence that occurred yesterday at around 15: 30 hours in the Kafue national park to journalists.
Mr. Siandenge identified the driver as Peter Musonda 43, of Chifubu compound in Ndola driving a Scannia tanker track with registration number ALD 907 belonging to Beirt Motor Company of Ndola.
He said Musonda was suspected to have been driving on a high speed and lost control of the vehicle which later developed a tyre bust causing fire that burnt the vehicle.
Meanwhile Mr. Siandenge has assured the people of Western Province that police approach during the Barotse National Council proceedings will be different from what the community witnessed on January 14, last year.[pullquote]use of live ammunition in cases of disturbances will be the last resort if the people provoke the situation but said the service has resolved not to use and fire arms.[/pullquote]
And the Commissioner has appealed to the organisers of Barotse National Council (BNC) not to allow people with other motives to disturb the proceedings of the meeting.
He said the service has deployed enough Police Officers from Lusaka in preparation of the meeting saying the heavy presence of police officers in Mongu should be a sign of comfort to the public and not cause fear in them because the service has no hidden agenda.
“The reason why we decided to bring more police officers to the province is because we need more security for people who will be in the meeting and those in the community” he explained.
Mr. Siandenge said the use of live ammunition in cases of disturbances will be the last resort if the people provoke the situation but said the service has resolved not to use and fire arms.
“The police do not have any hidden agenda that is why government allowed the meeting to take place as planned,” he added.
[LT correspondent]
This is intentional PF wants to starve us of fuel…..What scheme are these kolwestans upto….With or without yo PF Gvt we will rule our asses…Keep yoz to were u are……………Pissssssssss off
you fool, that’s jet fuel, du own a jet at your village?
You are a f^^^^ng Morron. Stop calling people Kolwestan. Your computer IP address can be traced uou *****.
Listen to this: ”Mr. Siandenge said the use of live ammunition in cases of disturbances will be the last resort if the people provoke the situation but said the service has resolved not to use and fire arms”.
Last resort means the use is not rulled out, so, let everyone be responsible, we dont want massacres.
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH WESTERN PROVINCE?
That does not look like a fuel tanker, its more of a cargo carrying container. There are fuel tankers like the ones used by filling stations not what am seeing in the picture..no wonder the flames very unsafe way of transporting fuel…
Mudala thats A FILE PICTURE eeeh!
Let us not be childish here. It was an accident, it happened. All these rants by people who are not even in Zambia do nothing to help the common people in Barotseland who are after just good livelihood and development and not this nonsensical talk about separation and the BA64 which is just wasting people’s time. I talk to my relatives who live in Western province and they are saying it that most people are just surprised at how a few people can hi-jack an isue which is not even priority among common people – people just want to have their fish, grow their rice, have their roads repiared and new roads constructed – not separation.The BA64 discussion has been taken over by failures and i.d.i.o.t.s among the lozi people and slowly they are being a threat even to their own people.
The stuff is called “Jet Fuel”, “Jet A1”, “kerosene” and if it is a plane with piston engine/s it would use AvGas….
it looks like a Zambeef truck ..hahaha..wathc that space..it means you are in danger bane..be careful the way you handle the Lozis..
True.They better be careful the way they handle Lozis,especially police officers from outside Barotseland
Thats not a usual ordinary accident.
thts Nt the actual truck u dull chaps (”,)
my prayer tht th driver survives nd tht he shud get well nd be back to his work.
I wil b vry disappointed if all th blem wil b put on th driver.
Mr driver plz take heart all sh’l b wel wit u jst believe in jesus christ and u wil b healed.
back LT show us the actual truck :d
LT had no PICTURE of this ACCIDENT, hence access one online, I know the site this picture came from. That is not the actual PICTURE HAhahahahahaaaa.
does it mean barotseland wants to declare Independence or what? what is this BNC we could be seeing another new country in africa. anyone with news please shade more light on this subject.
Only circa 250,000 real Lozi(Luyi) but the racket!!!
Address the social issues that u claimed u would address within 90 days don`t take pipo for granted. Y don u want to shift the goal post 6 minutes into the game?
fuel in such a truck! Pf mwa lipena! Those tracks are for groceries! Fikopo fyeka fyeka mu power!
But that is not the vehicle that caught fire! You guys think we dont know how a fuel tanker looks like? Thats a removal truck in the picture.
When a picture has the caption “File” it means it is old. Also, the captions reads “a truck” and not “the truck” implying that it can be “any” truck. This is only illustrative.
Please avoid school girls ba police ulwiso
A speeding driver and another accident that need not have happened. If this was far into the Kafue National Park in the Dry Season the entire park could have been destroyed together with villagers, game , camps and holiday sites. Total carelessness The drivers of big coaches doing that route are just as careless.
I blame ‘angolan soldiers’ , i suppose my collegue Panji agrees with me
So many errors in this report.1 truck not track also its’s a lorry! 2 tyre burst and not bust. 3 the driver was diving at high speed not on speed! that is in fact a drug amphetamine! I ought to get a job at LT
*****s Jet fuel is highly Volatile and explosives. Those Bumpy Kaoma roads can cause even you too poop on accident trying to shula. So political cadres shut up.
Highly volatile and explosive. typo.
Why do they need jet fuel for ZAF in Mongu when ZAF has neither a base nor planes in Mongu
Exhaust Blown Diffuser & Pulamasaka! So dull, you two chaps. “File”, it says!
Apparently the truck lost control after being hit by a rocket propelled grenade fired by gallant Barotse Patriotic Liberation Army combatants. Isunwe makani akabija pe!
Bahali aluyemeni lulwaneleni sesili saluna kakozo.
Muyoyange mambumbwe
# 3 – attitude! It is attitude! See # 1. Umunyukunyuku!