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Bizarre six-car accident destroys service station and street light
28 Sep 2014 at 14:00hrs | Views
Six vehicles, including a seven-tonne Bulawayo City Council beer truck were involved in a stranger than fiction accident in Bulawayo this afternoon.
Miraculously, only nine people were injured in the accident that could only have been dreamed up by Hollywood stuntmen.
Onlookers told Bulawayo24 News that the driver of a Toyota coaster minibus lost control of his vehicle on the steep Nguboyenja flyover and careened towards the robots at Mzilikazi and rammed into a BCC truck that was at the intersection.
"The impact was so great that the truck veered off the road in a bid to avoid a car that was in front of it but in the process, uprooted the robot at the corner where there is Mzilikazi Service Station. It ploughed into the service station knocking down two petrol pumps and eventually came to a stop against thick steel poles at the station," said David Mwanza of Mzilikazi.
He said pandemonium reigned supreme as onlookers fled in different directions thinking the petrol pumps would explode.
"The coaster was literally flying and went on to hit a commuter omnibus which crashed into two other kombis. It screeched on to flatten a street light pole and finally stopped against another pole, straddling the pavement that separates the lanes for traffic going towards and away from the city centre. The pole fell on another private vehicle, damaging it extensively," said a disbelieving Beatrice Moyo.
She said pedestrians were screaming and fleeing from the vicinity of the service station thinking it would explode any second.
All six vehicles were seriously damaged in the freak mishap.
"I have never seen anything like that in my life as it looked more like a movie. The way it happened and the deafening noise of impact after impact and the fact that there was no fire or fatalities, makes it qualify for one of the biggest miracles ever," she said.
Officials at Mpilo Central Hospital, who cannot be named due to professional reasons said only nine people with minor injuries were brought to the hospital by ambulances.
"Most of them were treated and discharged as none of them were seriously injured. From the way people are describing the incident, it was divine intervention that saved these people," said an official.
Miraculously, only nine people were injured in the accident that could only have been dreamed up by Hollywood stuntmen.
Onlookers told Bulawayo24 News that the driver of a Toyota coaster minibus lost control of his vehicle on the steep Nguboyenja flyover and careened towards the robots at Mzilikazi and rammed into a BCC truck that was at the intersection.
"The impact was so great that the truck veered off the road in a bid to avoid a car that was in front of it but in the process, uprooted the robot at the corner where there is Mzilikazi Service Station. It ploughed into the service station knocking down two petrol pumps and eventually came to a stop against thick steel poles at the station," said David Mwanza of Mzilikazi.
He said pandemonium reigned supreme as onlookers fled in different directions thinking the petrol pumps would explode.
She said pedestrians were screaming and fleeing from the vicinity of the service station thinking it would explode any second.
All six vehicles were seriously damaged in the freak mishap.
"I have never seen anything like that in my life as it looked more like a movie. The way it happened and the deafening noise of impact after impact and the fact that there was no fire or fatalities, makes it qualify for one of the biggest miracles ever," she said.
Officials at Mpilo Central Hospital, who cannot be named due to professional reasons said only nine people with minor injuries were brought to the hospital by ambulances.
"Most of them were treated and discharged as none of them were seriously injured. From the way people are describing the incident, it was divine intervention that saved these people," said an official.
Source - Byo24News
