Chingola District has today woken up to a rude shock of another devastating Illegal Mine accident which occurred yesterday 29th October, 2024 around 22:30 hrs at Cop 5 Dump Site Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) Chingola.
Copperbelt Police commanding officer Peacewell Mweemba has told IWave news that the incident was reported at Chiwempala Police Station by Edward Mulenga aged 35 years.
According to IWave FM, Mweemba said it was reported that there was an illegal mine accident after some earth collapsed and fell on the illegal miners burying them alive which caused the death of 08 of them while 02 survived. .
Mweemba said whilst working some earth collapsed and fell on the illegal miners before they could run for safety, they were buried.
He said the other Illegal miners that escaped then started trying to rescue them but unfortunately all the buried miners died by the time they were retrieved.
Also retrieved was the body of un identified Male person Known as Strong Man of Solwezi Rd.
Mweemba said the other two miners survived the accident by the names of Charles Katanfya, aged 30 years and James Lwipa, aged 18 years.
He said they both complained of painful legs and chest.
The 07 bodies of the deceased have since been taken to Nchanga North General Hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem and the body of Dominic Mwanza has not yet been retrieved from the collapsed earth.
The two survivors are receiving treatment at Nchanga North Hospital and their condition is stable.