Enraged residents in Kitwe on Saturday, in what has now become a norm, set ablaze a Toyota Corolla after it ploughed through a group of pedestrians instantly killing two of them including an eight-year-old girl.
The accident happened in Chimwemwe Township in the aftermath of the Zambia soccer team victory against Lesotho as people took to the streets to celebrate the triumph.
Kitwe Police confirmed the accident that happened in Kamwanya area along Ebert Stanley Road around 19:00 hours and left the girl identified as Chanda Chansa of House Number 9253 dead along with another unidentified middle-aged man.
A Times crew that visited the scene of the accident yesterday found the Toyota Corolla registration number ACR 4026 reduced to a shell.Police said the vehicle was being driven by a youth who just got it from home without permission.
In celebrating Zambia’s victory, the youth jumped into the vehicle and drove around in a frenzy in the neighbourhood like other motorists were doing.
“Unfortunately, the young man has no driver’s licence and is not experienced and so while driving, he failed to control the vehicle and ended up careering off the road and plunged into six pedestrians among them an eight-year-old girl who died on the spot,” a police source said.
Aaron Chileshe, who lives near the spot of the accident said he was at home around 19:00 hours when suddenly he heard a bang.
Mr Chileshe said when he rushed to check what had happened, he found that a vehicle had swept six pedestrians into a wall fence which collapsed on them.
“We quickly retrieved the victims who, among them was, the eight-year-old girl who died on the spot,” Mr Chileshe said.
He said it was then that irate members of the community mobilised and pushed the vehicle to the other side of the road before setting it ablaze.
He said police came before the vehicle was set ablaze but were driven away by the stone throwing residents who only wanted to see ‘instance justice’ administered.
[Times of Zambia]
Too bad, may their souls rest in peace.
Too bad!! Does it mean police had failed to control the situation?They went to such a scene without tear gases?Anyway, one will wonder.
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Very sad. this is way to deal with unruly drivers who kill people. police lock this boy up for 2 years
This is too much
Imagine if that was my car, they did that too…
I would sue them.
The owner has now lost a car which the poor guy may have saved all his life to buy, I would like to see the police get involved
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Mushota seriously u better than this!!!! u should have mercy and empathy to the innocent lives killed senselessly than to worry about a sekorokoro of a car.
The owners must be brought to book for making it possible for a young un-licensed driver to have access to the car and drive it.
MTSRIP… This is so sad Mushota.
Iwe mabmbala kapene uko. Iwe galu yo panda muchila
Imbwa yamuntu iyi zoona, it can only think of material things only!
Ulichipuba. Don’t you know about insurance against riots.
we will be setting more cars ablaze on saturday after the sudan match
what sort of training do our Policemen and women get at their Lilayi? Inter alia, money is stolen right under their noses at a Police Station and now they can’t even control an stone throwing crowd
Mwati un atemewa ko na mbuma iwe. I remember my sister kuni tema pamusana yaba china baba ine kulila shuwa. mpaka naine nina bweza mo at a later stage
Mwala ni mwala when you meet Goliath ask him
What do you expect from one semester training? while us have spent so many semesters at school including studying the so popular LAW in Zambia. College 6 semesters, UNZA 10 semesters, Now I have cranked fourth semesters, proceeding to another six. How many police men/women have graduated during this period?????? ooohh no they “pass-out” i forgot.
I have witnessed this crazy behavior by soccer fans after a victory ! A number of pipo lost their lives when we won the AFCON 2012 ! There was also a number of rapes , assaults and robberies !
Mushota you have no heart. lives are lost and all you can think about is the car? As much as people should not take the law into their hands, lives were lost
May TSRIP. But please Rod let us not vilify Mushota, she has only noted and commented on one aspect of the story. The boy stole the keys for the car and when keys are stolen its not your wish or you didnt make it possible. So these grief striken people may have burnt an inocent mans car. Just maybe
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The boy has committed murder driving without a license and killing people. He shall hang and die as well. Insurance claims wont apply cause of no license thing yaba..
Boy ran to the village if you are to live…!!!!
May the departed ones rest in peace..
The same thing almost happened to me as i was walking home from the game,….
Some ***** came cruising and missed me and some lady by inches,…..! I at least moved as i noticed he was coming from behind,… the lady,…. was almost hit! Then he came back again and this time almost rammed into a guy who was reversing,… The reversing guy then refused to move until the guy apologised,…
and we blame demons,……!? This country sometimes disappoints me,….!
CHIPATA CORNER IT IS CALLED FEBRUARY SOMETHING. TWO FELLOWS WERE RUSHING TO COME AND DRINK IN LUSAKA AFTER ZAMBIA WON A MATCH AND ONLY RUSHED FOR THEIR DEATH