A second life has been lost following an accident which occurred yesterday in Chikwawa which involved a minibus.

The minibus driver failed to negotiate a sharp bend few metres before Thabwa roadblock.

Chikwawa Police Traffic Officer, Potiphar Kawinga identified the woman as Margret Chavi, 25 from Bilitinyu village, Traditional Authority Ndamera in Nsanje.

She died at Chikwawa District Hospital where she had been admitted.

Her death brings the deathtoll to two as another woman, Frorida Eliya, died on the spot.

Kawinga says the police are meanwhile still hunting for the driver of the minibus, Madodo Gomesi, who is also believed to have caused death of other people in a previous accident due to reckless driving.