{"id":57320,"date":"2024-01-24T23:30:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T23:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/7-die-in-karonga-road-accident"},"modified":"2024-01-24T23:42:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T23:42:26","slug":"7-die-in-karonga-road-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/7-die-in-karonga-road-accident","title":{"rendered":"7 die in Karonga road accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Seven people have died while 43 others have escaped with injuries after a vehicle they were travelling in overturned at Mlare in Karonga District. Karonga Police Station spokesperson George Mulewa said the accident occurred in the afternoon of Sunday, when four people died on the spot while three died at Karonga District Hospital in the early hours of Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The motor vehicle, a 10-tonner Scania lorry registration BZ 2986, which police say was being driven by Isaac Simfukwe, was coming from Karonga Boma and heading to Nyungwe direction with about 50 passengers on board.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were going to a funeral ceremony and, upon arrival at Mlare area, the front tyre burst, which resulted into the vehicle overturning,\u201d Mulewa said.<\/p>\n<p>The four people died on the spot due to severe head injuries and fractures while others are getting treated at Karonga District Hospital. According to Mulewa, it is worrying that motorists continue using unroad-worthy vehicles, which is putting a lot of lives at risk.<\/p>\n<p>This is the third accident to occur in the district this month. In the first accident, at least 24 people died in a road accident after a 10-tonne vehicle they were travelling in overturned at Tenenthe Hills in Karonga District.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe second accident occurred at the same place, where we lost about 24 people early this month. It is high time we stopped using vehicles that are used for ferrying cargo to carry people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the development, Joel Jere, Executive Director for Road Safety Alert, said motorists should be cautioned as, sometimes, they deliberately disregard the status of roads and road signs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need our law enforcers to be alert and vigilant. A lorry is not a passenger vehicle. Everyone has a duty to play in reducing cases of road accidents,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the burial of the 24 people, Paramount Chief Kyungu called on Malawians to cooperate with law enforcement officers and government agencies to ensure that road regulations are keenly followed and cases of accidents are averted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. Seven people have died while 43 others have escaped with injuries after a vehicle they were travelling in overturned at Mlare in Karonga District. Karonga Police Station spokesperson George Mulewa said the accident occurred in the afternoon of Sunday, when four people died on the spot while three died at Karonga District [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":57319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,25],"tags":[233,371,234],"class_list":["post-57320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-featured","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-malawi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>7 die in Karonga road accident - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Seven people have died while 43 others have escaped with injuries after a vehicle they were travelling in overturned at ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/7-die-in-karonga-road-accident\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"7 die in Karonga road accident\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Seven people have died while 43 others have escaped with injuries after a vehicle they were travelling in overturned at ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/7-die-in-karonga-road-accident\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-24T23:30:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-24T23:42:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2024\/01\/sm_1706127041.585348.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1073\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"639\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/7-die-in-karonga-road-accident#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/7-die-in-karonga-road-accident\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"7 die in Karonga road accident\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-24T23:30:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-24T23:42:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/7-die-in-karonga-road-accident\"},\"wordCount\":347,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/7-die-in-karonga-road-accident#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2024\/01\/sm_1706127041.585348.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"Malawi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"Featured\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/7-die-in-karonga-road-accident#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/7-die-in-karonga-road-accident\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/7-die-in-karonga-road-accident\",\"name\":\"7 die in Karonga road accident - 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