Five people are in critical condition after a Toyota sprinter they were travelling in collided with a minibus in Malawi’s Machinjiri Township in Blantyre City on Saturday afternoon.
The accident took place at Area Five stage.
The minibus, registration number DZ 3439 hit Toyota sprinter E.vintage registration number NU 4530 .
According to eye witness at the scene Mrs Patuma Chipoka said the sprinter was coming from Blantyre Central Business District (CBD) road where as the commuter was coming from Limbe heading the opposite way Blantyre.
The witnesses told Malawi24 that as the minibus was about to turn, the breaks became loose and the driver failed to control the speeding commuter.
It was after this that it hit the other vehicle before it moved past a girl in her teens who sat along with her other friend at shops close to the scene.
The girl is reportedly injured and has been taken to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital.
“There was only the driver in the minibus which was coming from Mangochi and dropped people at Limbe depot and a family of 3 in the Toyota sprinter who are all injured” she said.
The minibus belongs to Honourable Musowa Member of Parliament of Mulanje Mbiza Constituency.
Meanwhile the identities of the victims remain unknown.
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kkkkk in Malawi’s machinjiri town ship in Blantyre
Kkk Zoonadi zilibe udolo izi@ Jali Jay-k kaotcha
Sad
Akuti on Saturday afternoon guys, muzimva.
Machinjiri Township in Blantyre City on Saturday afternoon.
Life is so precious thank God no one died,wishing the injured a quick recovery.
kodi ku Malawi kwayamba kupezeka ma sprinter?
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Toyota sprinter ndi minibus, koma mwayikapo chithunzi cha 3 tonner!! hahaha… khalani serious guys..
Saturday afternoon siingakhale sunday,welengani bwinobwino guys.bad news
Mwaioneratu lero ?Ulosi kapena ula ?
iiii so sad….
Kodi admin uyunso bwanji takamba bwinobwino timvetsetse
Ngozi yochitika sunday kumanena lero? Kulibe antolankhani?
Lero lowerukatu?
ichi nde chamba…mwayamba kulosera ngozi?
sunday ha ha btz ppo u r lucky for reachin sunday earlier than us in llz…
Kkkkk momwemo lero ndi saturday
last sunday? Say something plz
B Serious When Reporting, Last Week? Today? Kapena Mawa?
Kkkkk this z Saturday kod mwaledzela
Kkkkk, Win
Kkkk ngat ntchito ikuvuta atiuze tizayambe chifukwa sali fit
Which Sunday? Last week?
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Which Sunday the accident occured????
Which sunday?
Sad news
Kapena mawa??ichitikilla Ku area chain??
zilibe udolo izi taona iwe walemba chain instead of chani
Last week?
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Sunday????
today is saturday….