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Two members of the same family die in a road accident

TWO members of the same family have died on the spot in Choma Mapanza
area while the driver and another passenger were nursing serious
injuries.
Both the deceased who are siblings died of head injuries have been
identified as Ambrose Mukunku, 46 and Keza Mukunku, of Bwendo Village
in Chief Mapanza’s area.
Southern Province Police Commissioner Bonny Kapeso who confirmed the
accident said  the incident happened along  the Choma/ Namwala road when
the vehicle  they were  in overturned.

Mr Kapeso said the accident happened when the driver Charles
Shampenga, 45 of the Mazda registration number  BAA  8515  lost
control owing to speeding overturned.

“Both deceased persons are from Bwendo village in Chief Mapanza’s area
in Choma while the injured person has been identified as Arnold
Mabuku, 31, of Mukasa area in Choma. ,” he said.

The driver is admitted to Choma General Hospital and his condition
was said to be  unstable and  two bodies of the deceased have since
been taken to the mortuary.

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19 COMMENTS

  1. @Mushota As much as i countless times, love your intellectual and factual comments on Lusaka Times. Some times you can be down right heartless, like right now.

  2. HH and his friends have began his annual ritual sacrifices for the year more blood for the masonic follower

  3. the article does not tell us the time the accident happened so that we lobby for the minister to come up with another SI to restrict vehicles travelling during that time

  4. @mushota, Zambia is in a mess because of Bemba thieves.have a heart for every Zambian whether Bemba or no Bemba otherwise your end will be terrible. Remember what goes around comes around. This is a friendly warning

  5. Just realised that this Mushota has an empty brain. How can you bring tribe in this. This person weather a she or a he is a BIG FOOL

  6. Two members of the same family? Seriously…but you dont know whether they are brothers or sister or father.i

  7. Geeeee!!! Even where there is death Zambians continue to politic. Let us be serious. Remember you are what you say.

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