Road accident on Chipata-Lundazi road kills Ministry of Health accountant

A senior health official from the Provincial Health Office in Chipata has died in a fatal road accident on the Chipata-Lundazi road.
Eastern Province Police Commissioner, Eugen Sibote confirmed to Breeze News the death of Benson Ngoma of Chipata.
Mr. Sibote says that the accident happened yesterday around 10 hours along the Lundazi- Chipata road when the vehicle from Ministry of Health in Lusaka had a rear left tire burst.
He says that this caused the driver to lose control and the vehicle veered off the road and overturned three times.
Mr. Sibote says that the car was carrying three other health officers, Joseph Bwalya 44, Sibongo Matakala, 48, and the driver, Mukupo Donald Ngosa, 48, all from Lusaka.
He says that Ngoma died on the way to hospital after sustaining fatal head injuries.
The body is lying in Chipata General Hospital awaiting post mortem.