A court in Mponela, Dowa District, has ordered a motorist, Happy Gondwe, to pay a fine of K300,000 for causing death by careless driving.

Gondwe struck Jevasi Kanyendera, who was riding a bicycle at the time, in Kapachika Village along the Lilongwe-Kasungu Road.

He pleaded guilty to careless driving, which is contrary to Section 126(4) of the Road Traffic Act.

First Grade Magistrate Talakwanji M’ndala ordered Gondwe to pay K300,000, of which K250,000 will be given to the deceased’s family as compensation.

Failure to pay would have resulted in a ten-month prison sentence with hard labour.

Gondwe has since paid the fine in full.

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