By ALICE NACHILEMBE
One Person has drowned while two others swam to safety after a motor vehicle they were travelling in plunged into the Luangwa River.
This was after the driver of a Toyota Sprinter registration number ABZ 3844, Rodgers Chilongo 27 was over taking at a curve and in the process hit into a Toyota Hiace Mini bus which was moving in the same direction lost control of the motor vehicle, went off the road and plunged into the Luangwa River.
Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo has identified the deceased as Benjamin Banda 33 of Luangwa Bridge and his body has not yet been retrieved and a search has continued.
Ms Katongo identified the survivors as Chilufya Kalenga 29 who sustained several bruises on the body and Daniel Daka 17 who also sustained bruises.
She said this occurred on January 28, 2020 around 00: 20 hours in Maozekav area in Luangwa.
In a similar development in Choma a female juvenile one year and eleven months drowned in a well on January 28, 2020 around 18 00 hours at ZESCO Compound.
Ms Katongo said the body has been retrieved and is in Choma District Hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem.
She said an inquiry in the matter has been launched. Picture credit: Zambia Police
