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By ZamChro Correspondent

Nineteen people died while 33 others sustained severe injuries yesterday after a road accident on the Great North Road in Chinsali.

Eighteen of them died on the spot after the bus in which they were travelling collided with a fuel tanker.

Police Service spokesperson Bonny Kapeso confirmed the accident which happened between 04:00 hours and 05:00 hours yesterday.

The bodies of the deceased are lying in Chinsali District Hospital Mortuary, while the injured are admitted to the same hospital.

Mr Kapeso said a Scania Marcopolo bus was travelling from Kitwe when it collided with a fuel tanker which was coming from Nakonde.

He said the incident happened at Chisunsa Village in Matumbo.

Some surviving passengers admitted to hospital said they suspected something wrong in the driving when the first driver handed over the vehicle to a colleague.

And Chinsali Hospital acting director of medical services Kamina Kabongo described the condition of the admitted as stable.

Dr Kabungo, however, did not rule out changes in the condition of the surviving accident victims. One of the survivors was pronounced dead at 15:00 hours.

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