A police officer was tragically reported dead after his car crashed near the Lusaka roundabout on Uhuru Highway on Saturday, April 13.
Industrial Area OCPD Judith Nyongesa stated that the officer, who was attached to the Gigiri police station, was travelling from the City Centre towards Mlolongo.
The accident, which was a single-vehicle incident, caused the officer to be ejected from the vehicle onto the tarmac road.
Sustaining severe injuries upon impact with the hard surface, the officer tragically succumbed to his injuries at the scene.
OCPD Nyongesa also noted that the totalled vehicle was towed to the police station, as the body was transferred to the Chiromo mortuary.
“It happened at around 4:00 am around the Lusaka roundabout on Uhuru Highway,” she noted.
“The police station is not far from the accident scene. That is where we knew he was a police officer at Gigiri.”
In another Saturday morning accident, a police officer was killed while several other passengers sustained injuries, after the vehicle they were travelling in crashed.
The accident, which happened along the Marsabit-Moyale highway, rolled multiple times before coming to a stop in a nearby thicket in the Kambi Nyoka area.
Among the injured were three police officers, who received first-aid at the scene before being moved to a nearby hospital for treatment.
The deceased officer was driving the vehicle at the time of the accident.
The National Transport and Safety Authority data indicates that about 1,214 lives were lost in road accidents in the first quarter of 2024.
