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THIRTY-FIVE people have died while 24 others are nursing serious wounds after their truck lost control and overturned on the Masansa-Luano road in Luano.
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Central Province Minister Credo Nanjuwa said 35 people are reported to have died while 24 others are nursing wounds, following the accident involving a truck which was carrying traders who were travelling to a mobile market at Mboromo in Luano.
He said four of the survivors are in a critical state.
Mr Nanjuwa said there were 59 traders on the truck out of which 27 people died on the spot while eight died as they were being taken to the hospital.
He noted that the accident occurred around 08 hours yesterday.
Mr Nanjuwa said officers from the Zambia National Services (ZNS) have been sent to transport the bodies to Kabwe while the four who are in a critical condition will be transported to Kabwe Central Hospital.
He explained that some of the survivors are admitted to health facilities in Mkushi
And Luano District Commissioner Kells Meleki who visited the accident scene said in a telephone interview that traders from Kapiri Mposhi, Mkushi and the Copperbelt normally take merchandise to the valley areas of the district.
Mr Meleki said the traders usually carry their merchandise on trucks.
Provincial Health Director Abel Kabalo confirmed that health facilities in Mkushi and Luano districts received 35 brought dead.
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