A boy (7), who was fighting for his life at Katima Mulilo District Hospital after a bakkie ran him over at Singalamwe village, died on Tuesday night.
The Grade 1 pupil from Sesheke Combined School in the Kongola area was crossing the road on Tuesday when the incident took place.
Zambezi police traffic unit spokesperson sergeant Alex Mawaya says the boy was seriously injured during the accident on Kamega Road.
“The information we got from our team is that it all happened fast and the boy suffered a head fracture in the process. The driver only realised he had run someone over later on,” he says.
The driver has been arrested and faces charges of reckless and negligent driving and driving with an expired driving licence.
The vehicle also had an expired licence disk.
Mawaya earlier said if the boy died, an additional charge of culpable homicide would be added.
The driver is expected to appear in the Katima Mulilo Magistrate’s Court this week.
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