COOKING OIL WORTH thousands of kwacha has been destroyed after the driver of a South African registered truck and trailer lost control after a quarrel with his wife in the truck along Kazungula Livingstone Road.

CHALI MULENGA, Kazungula
COOKING OIL WORTH thousands of kwacha has been destroyed after the driver of a South African registered truck and trailer lost control after a quarrel with his wife in the truck along Kazungula Livingstone Road.
Quick action by the police averted a near looting of the cooking oil by the villages.
Police had a tough time restraining the villagers from looting.
Kazungula district commissioner Pascalina Musokotwane confirmed the incidence as she rushed to the scene of the accident.
“The truck belonging to Westmead Hauliers registration number FJH 358 FS swayed which resulted in the trailer registration number FJL 343 FS, which had cantons of cooking oil slide off the truck,” she said.    
Ms Musokotwane said the driver of the truck lost control after he swayed and cooking oil boxes begun falling out of the truck.
She said no life has been lost in the accident and commended the police for the quick action.
And an eye witness on the accident, George Kakoma said the truck was leaving Kazungula en-route to Livingstone after being cleared at the border.
Mr Kakoma said he just saw the truck swaying on the road and the boxes of cooking oil begun falling out of the truck.
He said he stopped the vehicle he was driving so that he could assist the truck driver.
“The driver of the truck was shaking after the accident and the woman in the truck rushed into my car. The woman then, went to the police station to report the disagreement that he had with the driver,” he said.       
Mr Kakoma alleged that the truck driver had a dispute with the wife in the vehicle which resulted in him losing control of the vehicle.
He said the woman sought refuge at Kazungula police station seeking help after the incidence.
And the truck driver refused to talk to journalists about the accident.  
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