A National Economic Empowerment Fund (NEEF) officer has died in a road accident in Chitipa.

He has been identified as Penjani Msukwa aged 35 of Chipwela village in the area of Senior Chief Mwenemisuku in the district.

The accident occurred on December 24,2023 around 20:00 hours at Mselema along Chitipa -Karonga (M26) road.

On this fateful night, Msukwa was ridding a Honda XL motorcycle registration number LL12219 from Lufita direction to Chitipa trading centre.

Upon arrival at Mselema, he lost control of the motorcycle due to speeding and hit a pedal cyclist from the opposite direction.

Following the impact, he sustained severe head injury and died at Chitipa District Hospital while the cyclist sustained head injury and fractured left leg.

Postmortem conducted at the said hospital showed that death was due to loss of blood secondary to severe head injury.

Meanwhile, police in the district appeals to road users to always observe speed limit to avoid accidents.