Lundazi district records 59 road accidents in seven months.

Lundazi district has recorded 59 road traffic accidents from January to July this year.
Lundazi District Deputy Traffic Officer, Blant Hansingo also says that nine people died from these accidents while twenty-four were seriously injured.
Mr. Hansingo further reveals that eleven people were slightly injured and that twenty-six drivers involved in the accidents were convicted.
He attributed the root cause of most of these accidents to negligence by some drivers and lack of road signs on almost all roads in the district.
Mr. Hansingo indicated that others have been driving whilst drunk, over-speeding and without safeguarding their lives and those of passengers.
He has appealed to drivers in Lundazi to adhere to road traffic rules to avoid unnecessary accidents.