By Chisomo Phiri
A National Economic Empowerment Fund (NEEF) officer Penjani Msukwa has died after being involved in a road accident in Chitipa district.
The accident occurred on December 24,2023 around 20:00 hours at Mselema along Chitipa -Karonga (M26) road.
It is reported that on the fateful night, Msukwa, 35,was ridding a Honda XL motorcycle registration number LL12219 from Lufita direction to Chitipa trading centre.
Upon arrival at Mselema, he lost control of the motorcycle due to speeding and hit a pedal cyclist from the opposite direction.
Following the impact, he sustained severe head injury and died at Chitipa District Hospital while the cyclist sustained head injury and fractured left leg.
Postmortem conducted at the said hospital showed that death was due to loss of blood secondary to severe head injury.
Late Msukwa came from Chipwela village in the area of Senior Chief Mwenemisuku in the district.