By REBECCA MUSHOTA?-
SIX members of the same family have been killed in a road traffic accident, while four others are nursing injuries after the car they were travelling in overturne following a tyre-burst on the?Kasama-Mbala Road.
Northern Province Police chief, Charity Katanga said in an interview that the accident happened yesterday around 06:30 hours at Shikabonga Village, 30 kilometres from Kasama  on the Kasama-Mbala Road after a tyre burst.
The family, travelling in the Toyota Noah registration number ALM 2008, was coming from Lusaka to Mbala for the funeral of a family member, Teddy Muyembe, 38, who also died in a road traffic accident on September 3, this year in Chongwe and was buried on Friday last week in Lusaka.
Among the dead was the driver of the Noah, Moses Muyembe, 30, of Kanyama Township in Lusaka who sustained head injuries, Foster Muyembe, 32, of Medium Township in Mbala, Happy Muyembe, 37, of Lusaka West in Lusaka and Esther Muyembe, 39, also of Lusaka West.
Others were Obed Muyembe, 40, of Lusaka West and Melody Muyembe, 30, also of Lusaka West.?‘‘Those that were injured are Oline Namusokwe, 36, of Chawama Township in Lusaka,’’ Ms Katanga said.
‘‘She is the widow of Teddy Muyembe whose funeral rites they were going to finish. She sustained a deep cut on her forehead and left elbow.’’
Also injured is Aggie Hamweemba, 40, of Lusaka’s Matero Township who sustained deep cuts on her right foot and suspected internal injuries and is in the intensive care unit.
Juliet Muyembe, 39, of Old Location Township in Mbala suffered a deep cut on her head and painful body parts, while Kate Muyembe, of Kabwata Township in Lusaka sustained a painful shoulder and neck.
Ms Katanga said family members who were travelling in another vehicle behind the Toyota Noah arrived at the scene of the accident and took the injured to the hospital.
Police picked the bodies from the scene to Kasama General Hospital mortuary.
Meanwhile, Ms Katanga said a 16-year-old boy of Kasama had been arrested for allegedly raping and killing his three-month pregnant aunt on Saturday night.
The aunt’s husband had travelled to the Copperbelt to watch a soccer match between Zambia and Mozambique at the weekend.
Ms Katanga said investigations revealed that the boy had gone out drinking and when he returned home, he was reprimanded by the aunt, Grace Muzumali, 22, after which the juvenile stabbed her with a knife and raped her.
The boy later hid the knife and burnt his blood stained T-shirt.?Ms Katanga said the suspect was eventually arrested and was in Police custody.