Five die on the spot as bus crashes into U-turning vehicle

Five people allegedly died on the spot when a bus crashed into a vehicle they were travelling in along the Zvishavane-Bulawayo highway this afternoon.

Eyewitnesses allege that the Elgrant vehicle was trying to avoid a roadblock and made a U-turn, thereby encroaching into another lane where the bus was coming from.



"The light vehicle was avoiding a roadblock and encroached into the right lane resulting in a road accident, five people died on the spot," revealed the source.

Road accidents are on the increase in Zimbabwe, yesterday 4 people died in Zaka when a bus they were travelling in overturned.

According to Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe, an average of five people are dying daily on road accidents.

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