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Six people have died, including a bus driver and an infant in an accident involving a TAZARA passenger train and a Likili Bus in Mpika District of Muchinga Province.
Police in Mpika District of Muchinga Province had earlier reported a rail traffic accident involving a TAZARA passenger train and a Likili public service bus.
Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Danny Mwale, confirmed the accident in a statement issued in Lusaka on Sunday.
Mwale said the accident occurred on Sunday around 13:00 hours at Kabuka Railway crossing point in Mpika District.
“Initial investigations revealed that the bus hit into the passenger train bearing number M22,” he said.
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Mwale said 65 passengers were on board the Likili Bus when it rammed into a Nakonde bounded Tazara passengers train.
“58 casualties are reported from from the accident with 55 from the bus while 3 from the train and the condition of the casualties will be communicated, ” he said.
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