A fatal road traffic accident occurred in the early hours of today along the Great North road at 05:00 hours at Isunda area about five Kilometres south of Nakonde town.
Zambia Police Service Public Relations Officer Esther Mwaata-Katongo identified the victim as Bernard Chishimba aged 53 of Matero Lusaka who was driving a motor vehicle Higer bus belonging to Miracle Express registration number ALK 8335.
Katongo says a Tanzanian national Ally Mohammed 32, of Dar-es-Salaam had parked a Scania truck registration number T124 GAT and trailerT511APT when over speeding Chishimba hit into the stationery truck.
ZANIS reports that this is contained in a press statement availed in Lusaka yesterday.
She said Chishimba died on the spot and a lorry boy Wilfred Mabala Mabula aged 24 of Dar-es-salaam who was in the stationery truck also died upon arrival at the hospital.
The Police Spokeswoman disclosed that 17 people who were in the bus sustained serious injuries among them Zimbabweans and Zambians.
Ms. Katongo said all patients have since been taken to Nakonde district hospital receiving medical treatment.
Hoo so lorry boy is official title?
I have read so many novels, I never came across lorry boy .
This is sad the families will be mourning at the start of the year, but again parking vehicles on the road does cause accident and I read over speeding was at play too, please take of your self on the road
Lorry boy is a profession!
Stationery truck…meaning the truck was carrying papers, note books, flip charts and all sorts of stationery…. or you meant it was stationary?
Most likely the truck was parked wrongly with no signs whatever. It’s very dangerous driving in Zambian roads especially at night. Roads are bad and most drivers bought their driving licences from RATSA boses.
Zambians should thank HH and UPND this festive season for not sacrificing so many souls as they usually do. Only two people died in a “stationery” or stationary and speeding incident. May be Ester Katongo is yet to give us the correct statistics regarding the festive season before we become thankful.
The foreign truck drivers are a danger to our road users. I was impressed with the Police manning the Kamakonde road block in Kitwe lastWednesday. A Tanzanian truck overtook about 3 vehicles at a curve just before the the road block. Fortunately the police had seen him and impounded the truck. Last time I passed their the truck was still parked there