Four people have been injured after a motor vehicle they were travelling in overturned on the Mponela -Lilongwe M1 road in Dowa district.

Dowa police spokesperson, Gladson M’bumpha, confirmed of the development in an interview with the press.

According to M’bumpha, the driver Snowden Chimenya, sought to overtake another vehicle when he lost control and his vehicle swerved forcing it to overturn.

Of the four injured, one has been referred to Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe while the other three are being treated at Lumbadzi Health Centre.