An old man has drowned in Lingadzi River in Salima District when he was coming from a drinking spree.

Salima Police publicist, Jacob Khembo identifies the deceased as Steven Moyenda Chilambe 2 Village, Traditional Authority Mwanza in the district.

Khembo says Moyenda’s son told the police that Sunday afternoon Moyenda crossed the river to drink beer at Chilombe 1 Village and was discovered floating lifeless the following morning.

“Police rushed to the scene together with medical personnel from Salima District Hospital.  A postmortem has revealed that he died due to suffocation secondary to drowning,” says Khembo.

Meanwhile, the police has since warned people in the district against crossing rivers while drunk.

Source; Rainbow TV