Ten people killed were killed on the spot and four others seriously injured after a drunken driver overturned his truck in central Malawi today, police said.
Gift Matewere, police spokesman for Ntcheu district, said the driver of a timber truck had picked up 14 passengers illegally and had since been charged with a series of offences, including causing death by reckless driving and driving under the influence of alcohol.
“The driver who is alleged to have driven whilst drunk failed to negotiate a sharp corner and overturned killing ten people on the spot,” said Matewere.
Road crashes kill an average of four people per day in Malawi, the worst record in sub-Saharan Africa.
Wednesday, 13 February 2008
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