A 33 year old Zambian Truck driver has died in a road traffic accident in Middleburg, Mphumalanga Province, South Africa.
Emmanuel Chitanga, holder of passport number ZN708807 died along the R555 road when the acid tanker he was driving allegedly lost control and burst into flames.
According to the information made available to the Zambian mission in Pretoria, the late Mr. Chitanga was driving a truck and trailer registration number AEB 1469 ZM loaded with acid when it burst into flames after careering off the road.
It is said that the deceased was burnt to death as he could not be rescued from the truck.
Confirming the development in a press statement, First Secretary for Press and Public Relations at the Zambian High Commission in South Africa Naomi Nyawali, the remains of the deceased have been taken to Middleburg Hospital Mortuary.
The late Chitanga was working for a Zambian imports company based in Ndola and is survived by a wife and two children.
my condolences to the family
What is Passport details have to do with his death? But imbwa nashifula.
That Naomi should follow Emmanuel.
Reporters of today will copy everything from the police report even the Passport no.
…must have been drunk with the Acids therein Truck!
Imwe ba LT you are not supposed to publish somebody’s passport details anyhow, have you never heard of identity theft?, especially now that the man has passed away?, anyway condolences to the family
What a sad development. May God alone comfort the family of the deceased.
RIP
Terribly sad
Sad. RIP.
I don’t understand the reporting in Zambia where the vehicle registration number is always published after an accident – and in this story, even the passport number! That is simply wrong and irrelevant. Even in death, there is data protection.
So sad.MHSRIP
Never seen acid bursting into flames? What type of acid is it?
The boy is 33YRS DRIVING A TANKER WITH 2 CHILDREN HMM..TOO BAD VERY YOUNG