22 April 2011
Huambo — Five people perished and another 16 were seriously injured following 16 road accidents recorded in the past seven days in the central Huambo province, less four in comparison to the previous period.
According to a communiqué from the provincial command of the National Police in Huambo, the accidents were registered in the provincial capital with 11 cases, Caála and Longonjo districts with one each, and Mungo with three, which were based on collisions between vehicles, motorcycles and bicycles, run over and off-tracking.
The accidents were mainly caused by over-speeding, lack of precaution and irregular over-taking, which caused material damages estimated at more than 180,000 Kwanzas.
During the same period, the provincial police command recorded three collisions between vehicles and motorcycles in the provincial capital and in the district of Caála, which resulted in three deaths.
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