Police in Balaka have arrested a 37-year-old driver, Henry Kajawa, for allegedly killing a person through reckless driving.
Balaka Police Station spokesperson, Gladson M’bumpha, says the crime was committed on April 7, 2024 in the afternoon at Kwitanda Area along Kwitanda-Chiyendausiku Earth Road.
M’bumpha says Kajawa lost control of the vehicle and hit a female pedal cyclist, Shamilu Kasimu, who carried another female pillion passenger Olivia Soko, who died while receiving treatment from Balaka District Hospital.
Kajawa, who comes from Kasambo Village in Traditional Authority Njolomole in Ntcheu District, will appear before court soon to answer charges of causing death by reckless driving and driving a motor vehicle without certificate of insurance.
The deceased, Soko, comes from Kamangadazi Village in Traditional Authority Chindi in Mzimba District.
