A man has died in Dowa yesterday after being hit by a motor vehicle along the Dzaleka-Dowa road.

Dowa Police Station publicist Alice Sitima confirmed that the incident involved a Mazda Bongo with registration number CK8664, which was traveling from Dzaleka towards the Dowa Turn-off.

Sitima said that when the vehicle reached the area, it struck Jackson Banda, who was walking in the opposite direction.

Banda sustained multiple head injuries and was pronounced dead upon arrival at Dowa District Hospital.

The driver, whose identity remains unknown, also suffered head injuries and is currently receiving treatment at the same hospital.