The road in the Ntcheu district in the central region of the country was littered with rocks. One of the cars left the road where hundreds of neighbors had gathered to say goodbye to the vice president.
The car crashed into the crowd, killing four people. Among the dead was a pregnant woman. 12 people were injured.
The Malawi vice president’s plane disappeared from radar on June 10. Search and rescue teams later found the wreckage of the plane. The politician and everyone on board died.
It was reported that the plane was unable to land due to bad weather and turned around, after which it disappeared from radar.