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Zimbabwe police stuck with charred remains of accident victim
17 Apr 2012 at 13:54hrs | Views
Police in Matabeleland South are stuck with the charred remains of one victim who died in last week's West Nicholson accident that claimed 12 lives.
Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Tafanana Dzirutwe said they were failing to locate relatives of the victim who died when a South African bound Toyota Hilux collided with a haulage truck resulting in the two vehicles catching fire. Six people were burnt beyond recognition.
"The problem that we are facing is that the victim was carrying a South African passport and we are not sure if the name on the travel document is actually his," he said.
"A number of Zimbabweans who cross the border to South Africa have a tendency of changing their names when acquiring the documents in that country."
Dzirutwe said soon the police would be forced to publish the name in the media," so that the relatives would come and collect the body.
This will be our last resort as we usually prefer notifying the relatives first before making names of accident victims to the public."
Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Tafanana Dzirutwe said they were failing to locate relatives of the victim who died when a South African bound Toyota Hilux collided with a haulage truck resulting in the two vehicles catching fire. Six people were burnt beyond recognition.
"The problem that we are facing is that the victim was carrying a South African passport and we are not sure if the name on the travel document is actually his," he said.
"A number of Zimbabweans who cross the border to South Africa have a tendency of changing their names when acquiring the documents in that country."
Dzirutwe said soon the police would be forced to publish the name in the media," so that the relatives would come and collect the body.
This will be our last resort as we usually prefer notifying the relatives first before making names of accident victims to the public."
Source - Byo24News
