Police in Kasungu district have asked members of the general public to check with police for their relatives who were traveling in a matours bus services last night .
This follows the road accident involving matours Bus registration number MN 6364 .
Kasungu police spokesperson Joseph Kachikho ,has told Balaka community radio that ,10 people have died and others have sustained various degrees of injuries .
Due to speeding, the driver of the Matours Bus Services failed to control his vehicle and hit the stationary truck and as a result both vehicles swerved to the extreme nearside where they stopped into a water drainage.
Following the impact, ten passengers from Matours Bus Services were confirmed dead upon arrival at Nkhamenya Rural Hospital while three other passengers sustained serious injuries and are admitted to Kasungu District Hospital and the driver and other 20 passengers escaped with minor injuries.
The bus had 66 passengers on board and was coming from Lilongwe to Chitipa.
By Ellen Sanga-Kasungu (20 September 2022)
