AN attempt by a man to effect a citizen’s arrest on a taxi driver who attempted to run away after hitting a pedestrian ended tragically as the man was killed by the same taxi
The incident happened on Saturday around 09.00hrs in Chifubu when Anthony Malimba, 25, a transport officer with Equator Import and Exports, died as he tried to wrestle the car keys from the taxi driver but the skidding car threw him into a drainage and landed on top of him.
After hitting the pedestrian, the driver fled in his taxi but alert residents pursued him into a centre road that led him to a dead end when he came up against a broken down vehicle in the middle of the road with his pursuers were closing in.
An eye witness, Cletus Chanda who is a consultant at Equator Import said Mr Malimba was rushed to Ndola Central Hospital (NCH) where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The funeral is being held at the deceased’s father’s house in Masala Township while the condition of the pedestrian who was hit was not immediately known as attention was drawn to the tragic death of Mr Malimba.
Mr Chanda said the matter was reported to Kansenshi police who also confirmed that it was not the first time the same taxi driver had knocked down a pedestrian.
For his troubles, the taxi driver only identified as Mumba, also sustained serious head injuries from the accident and was currently admitted to the casualty ward at the NCH.
When contacted for a comment, Copperbelt Police Commissioner Mary Tembo said her office had not yet received a report on the matter.
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Wadabwa kaaa, you people are under PF, ni sansanabo!!
All those people involved must be PF cadres,,, too much ulubuli and violence in PF… in PF peace is never used,,..insults, violence ulubuli and ubufi is their daily bread!!!!
Good you wrote that and not me. they are tired of me these PF,
This is a taxi driver of no conscience. He had knocked down another pedestrian before, this was not the first such occurrence involving the same driver.
The law should be upheld that protects vulnerable road users, namely pedestrians. A ban should have been imposed on this driver. Hopefully, he will now not be issued a licence, especially if his biometric data is held on the Road Traffic systems, as are ours on Immigration systems these days in Zambia.
Too bad!
The speeding car threw him into a drainage and landed on top of him. Yangu the cars that have come onto Zambia’s roads since PF took over! I think Watchdog and UPND are the only ones who can tell us how a car that one is chasing can grab and throw you into a ditch. Its the Kwena ba watchgalu lsnt there a PF spirit inside these cars?
You are on LT ba Yama! I think you meant LT?
“The skidding car threw him into a drainage and landed on top of him. Yangu the cars that have come to Zambia since the PF took over! Only the Watchdog and UPND can tell us how a car that one is chasing can grab and throw you into a ditch. Kwena its the PF spirit inside these cars. Isnt it so HH?
Is this not the same story that WD said that this mumba was PF OP operating as a taxi driver?
OP agent kills civilian, injures another as Mary Tembo tries to cover up
Very shameful, how can the police even have the guts of saying he has knocked down a pedestrian before when they should have apprehended him then?
Citizen arrests gone wrong.Sad development.Mhsrip.
Op taxi driver from hungry lion taxi rank in Ndola. We know him.
Mystery of PF Sata has not yet fully been unmasked. More tragedies and mysterious deaths will continue to happen till the faithful ones begin to unmask the dark powers engulfed by the nation under the watch of Michael Chilufya Sata.
MHSRIP. Lets not relent but continue to be vigilant citizens.
Too bad for the poor taxi driver, uncivilized people always want to beat you and kill for an accident occurred! Many people have been beaten or their car burnt to ashes by the thugs for just being involved in an accident. The taxi driver did not wish to kill or knock down anyone with a car, but accidents do happen and thugs should be stopped from taking the law in their own hands. PF thugs please grow up and be civilized!