Four Congregants Die In Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road Accident
Four Congregants Die In Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road Accident – Four people died while 12 others were injured after a Mazda T35 carrying 29 passengers crashed along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road on Tuesday.
According to the Zimbabwe Republic Police, the accident occurred at around 4:30pm at the 279km peg when the driver allegedly lost control of the vehicle, which veered off the road and crashed into a river bank.
The passengers were reportedly congregants of an apostolic church.
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Four passengers died at the scene, while 12 others sustained injuries and were taken for medical attention.
The bodies of the deceased were conveyed to Hwange Colliery Mortuary for post-mortem examinations.
In a separate accident on the same day, two people died after a Honda Fit carrying seven passengers was involved in a head-on collision with a Toyota Hilux at the 146km peg along the Harare-Bulawayo Road.
The Honda Fit veered off the road, overturned and landed on its roof. Two of the four passengers who sustained serious injuries died upon admission at Kadoma General Hospital.
Police urged motorists to exercise caution on the roads and avoid carrying passengers beyond the stipulated capacity of their vehicles.
