Three passengers died and seven others were injured when a Nissan Caravan burst a front tire before overturning several times at the 42km peg along the Masvingo-Mbalabala Road on Friday.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the front right tyre burst resulting in the vehicle veering off the road before overturning several times and landing on its left side.
“The vehicle had 10 passengers on board. The bodies of the victims were taken to Masvingo Provincial Hospital mortuary for post-mortem while the injured are admitted at the same hospital,” he said.
Police in Harare are investigating a road traffic accident, again on Friday, in which 12 people were injured when a Toyota Hiace, which was going the wrong way down Robert Mugabe Road, a one-way street, overturned and landed on its roof along Robert Mugabe Road at 1.30 pm.
Meanwhile, police in Harare are appealing for information that may assist in the investigation of a hit-and-run road traffic accident in which a man aged 32 was hit by an unknown motorist at the corner of Herbert Chitepo Avenue and ED Mnangagwa Road on Saturday at around 9 pm.
The victim sustained multiple injuries all over the body and was admitted to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals. Anyone with information should report at any nearest police station.
In other news – Goods train crushes lovers in Beitbridge
A Beitbridge man and his lover were yesterday fatally crushed by a goods train on the railway line they had turned into a love nest some 60 kilometers north of Beitbridge along the track to Rutenga.
The man employed by Bitumen World was off duty when he decided to cool off with his lover at a makeshift bedroom on the rail line where the tragedy occurred. Read More
