9 killed, 27 injured in horror accidents
By Staff Reporter
Nine people died while 27 were injured in two separate road traffic accidents that happened Monday and Tuesday in Mashonaland Central province.
In the first accident, police confirmed Tuesday, five people were killed while 18 others were injured at the 101 kilometre peg along Mvurwi-Kanyemba Road, Mahuwe on Monday at around 5pm.
“A Hino Dutro truck with 35 passengers on board veered off the road and overturned before landing on its wheels. The accident occurred while the truck was descending a steep slope and approaching a sharp curve,” police reported on their official X handle.
In another fatal road traffic accident which occurred in Mazowe at the 52 kilometre peg along Harare-Mukumbura Road on Tuesday just before 10am, four people were killed while eight others were injured when a Nissan NV350 kombi veered off the road and overturned before landing on its roof.
Police said the bodies of the victims were taken to Concession Hospital mortuary for post mortem while the injured were admitted at the same hospital.
