Malawi’s Chitipa road accident injures 12 people

CHITIPA-(MaraviPost)-Twelve people have been injured in a road accident in which a bus plunged after its driver failed to negotiate a bend at Ilanda in Chitipa in the wee hours of today.

According to Spokesperson for Chitipa Health Office, Masida Nyirongo, eleven of the injured passengers, including the driver of the bus, are currently receiving medical treatment at Chitipa District Hospital while one casualty has been referred to Mzuzu Central Hospital for being severely injured in the spine.

Public Relations Officer for Chitipa Police Station, Sub – Inspector Gladwell Simwaka asked for more time before commenting on the actual number of casualties in the accident, but he was quick to say that the condition of the road might also be one of the causes of the accident since rains have just started to fall in the district.

The bus, whose Registration Number is NA 5654, belongs to Captain Bus Tours.

Richard Kayenda

I hold a bachelor’s degree in languages obtained from Mzuzu University. Since 2016, I have been working for Maravi Post as a reporter of local news; particularly from the Northern Region of Malawi. My main news areas are politics, business, sports and many more. Besides reporting, I also write news analyses on current affairs just to share informed opinions on news that matter in Malawi. By now I have a five year practical experience in online news reporting and I look forward to growing more professionally while raising the bar of Maravi Post; in order to make it a household name, as we keep our readership informed, edutained and updated on a daily basis.