Harare woman dies in Kombi

A female passenger aboard a commuter omnibus plying the City-Waterfalls route collapsed and died last night at the corner of Robert Mugabe and Kaguvi Street. The woman, Patricia Magaire, who resided at Mazoe Valley Flats, Park Town, died while holding her granddaughter just behind the driver's seat. She was pronounced dead by paramedics who attended to the scene.
But her relatives argued that she was still alive and instead hired a cab to take her away.  This was despite the presence of an ambulance which would have been ideal in the event that she was still alive as the paramedics would attend to her on the way to hospital, unlike a mere taxi driver.
The relatives said she had encountered a similar problem in December last year. "We are taking her to West End Hospital for we are not convinced that she is dead. She is diabetic and we feel she just collapsed from her ailment," said one of her relatives. The lifeless body of Patricia was taken to West End Hospital where she was also pronounced DEAD.
Meanwhile, there was drama at the scene as a group of nine people including four women took other passengers by surprise when they bowed their heads in prayer. The nine were passengers in the commuter omnibus when Patricia died. They advised people to treat the mishap as part of life urging them to accept the sad reality.
"Don't bother yourselves over this incident. You should accept death as it comes. "We must not behave like the deceased's relatives who are even failing to accept the death of their beloved one," said one of the people from the group who only identified himself as Bernard.
Asked about the church they attend, Bernard took his time before answering:  "We are from Seventh Day Adventist church." He however, could not locate the SDA church building in Waterfalls.  The kombi continued with the journey with nine "SDA" people. But all the other passengers opted for alternative transport following the incident.