AN illegal miner was yesterday crushed to death after a rock fell on him at Mopani Copper Mines Salvage yard.
Moffat Mbilikita aged 35 died after a rock fell on him during an illegal mining while in the company of his fellow illegal miners.
Copperbelt police commissioner Joyce Kasosa confirmed the incident and said Mr Mbilikita died on the spot after sustaining a crushed head and broken right arm.
His body is lying in the Kitwe Central hospital mortuary.
In another incident, a pedestrian in Chililabombwe has died after being hit by a South Africa vehicle on Kasumbalesa road.
Harrison Mwansa 31 died after being hit by an Iveco van registration number CM 27 PGP which was being drive by Chali Mbole, a South African national who did not sustain any injury.
Mr Mwansa was hit on Monday night as he was crossing the road sustained cuts on the head, broken ribs and legs and died on the spot.
And a pirate taxi driver is battling for life at Kitwe Central Hospital (KCH) after he was stabbed and wounded by two criminals who booked him.
Ms Kasosa confirmed the incident and said the assailants after attacking the taxi driver run away with the Toyota Spacio.
She said the taxi driver was attacked on Monday around 23:00 hours along the Kitwe-Chingola Road as he was driving to Kitwe, the destination the two criminals said where going.
“They booked the taxi driver from Chingola to Kitwe but when they reached the area near Sabina-Kalulushi junction, the two criminals attacked the driver and stabbed him before speeding away with his vehicle,” she said.
