Time is ticking and people are running out of patience.
A known number of people are feared dead
when a piece of earth caved in on them
at a sand pit in Chongwe district.
This is as the victim we are loading sand into the tipper truck.
Dozens of people from across various areas have come through
just to see what has happened here.
And uh, most of them came here around 0,
9 hours when the incident happened.
Most of them are now losing patience
with regards to what’s going to happen to the people
who have been trapped under
the driver of the truck
identified as Frakson Sakala was rescued when the accident happened.
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police spokesperson
Rae Hamoonga confirmed receiving the report of the accident.
A tipper truck, a Volvo truck,
registration number B a L, 1, 2,
3, 9 was buried after the mine collapsed,
trapping a known number of male loaders who are feared dead.
Rescue operations to retrieve the people
who are trapped under the rubble
are underway. Lucky Phiri,
ZNBC News, Chongwe.