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Pfochez bus accident victims forgotten
04 Apr 2016 at 22:07hrs | Views
Barely a month after the fatal Kwekwe accident which claimed 32 lives, victims who perished have been almost forgotten.
Relatives of some of the victims have been left only with bitter memories of no compensation and graves which they constantly visit to pay homage to their loved ones.
It is now just an abandoned homestead in the village of Mashava under Chief Samambwa in Zhombe.
Since Siphiwe Mashavave a mother of 10 died in the fatal Kwekwe accident, the grandchildren who used to live there deserted the place.
Sympathetic villagers took the cattle, chickens and the dogs under their care.
Members of the Mashavave family say they will never forgive the owners of the Pfochez who never even appeared at the funeral or made any efforts to contact the family just to offer condolences.
And when Lista Nyathi who used to sell wares at Kwekwe's bus terminus died on that fateful day, her sister Visitor says life has never been the same.
The story, however, has not changed, the owners of the bus she perished in were never heard of.
Venice Mhuka suffered a double tragedy in that accident.
She was injured and remains in a bad state while she mourns her sister Mary whom she was travelling with in the Toyota Sprinter which collided with the bus.
For now the graves and the scars remain a permanent feature which will be traumatising the relatives of the Kwekwe accident victims with chapter 13 of the Road Traffic Act that spells clearly that compensation must be paid seemingly not being a factor at all.
'Vungu accident victims relive the horror'
Victims of the road accident relive their horror which claimed 10 lives eight of them believed to be members of the same family who were going to attend a funeral in Harare.
Passengers from the Toyota Hiace who are recovering at Gweru General Hospital from the terrifying ordeal of the horrific accident that occurred on Saturday near Vungu River are still in a state of shock and struggling to come to terms with the accident that claimed eight of their relatives.
Mr Vhutayi of Nketa who lost his wife and has hand and leg fractures said he was too emotional to talk about the accident.
While those who spoke to ZBC News said they could not recall much of what happened but they only remember that they were thrown out of the vehicle when they collided head on with the colt.
The driver of the Toyota Hiace Nkosi Moyo who has since been discharged from hospital says his vehicle burst its rear tyre and swerved as he tried to control it before it collided head on with the Mitsubishi Colt that was Bulawayo-bound.
Meanwhile, eight people who died and 16 others who were injured in the horrific accident are members of the same family who had hired the Toyota Hiace to attended a funeral of a female relative in Harare.
Relatives of some of the victims have been left only with bitter memories of no compensation and graves which they constantly visit to pay homage to their loved ones.
It is now just an abandoned homestead in the village of Mashava under Chief Samambwa in Zhombe.
Since Siphiwe Mashavave a mother of 10 died in the fatal Kwekwe accident, the grandchildren who used to live there deserted the place.
Sympathetic villagers took the cattle, chickens and the dogs under their care.
Members of the Mashavave family say they will never forgive the owners of the Pfochez who never even appeared at the funeral or made any efforts to contact the family just to offer condolences.
And when Lista Nyathi who used to sell wares at Kwekwe's bus terminus died on that fateful day, her sister Visitor says life has never been the same.
The story, however, has not changed, the owners of the bus she perished in were never heard of.
Venice Mhuka suffered a double tragedy in that accident.
She was injured and remains in a bad state while she mourns her sister Mary whom she was travelling with in the Toyota Sprinter which collided with the bus.
For now the graves and the scars remain a permanent feature which will be traumatising the relatives of the Kwekwe accident victims with chapter 13 of the Road Traffic Act that spells clearly that compensation must be paid seemingly not being a factor at all.
'Vungu accident victims relive the horror'
Victims of the road accident relive their horror which claimed 10 lives eight of them believed to be members of the same family who were going to attend a funeral in Harare.
Passengers from the Toyota Hiace who are recovering at Gweru General Hospital from the terrifying ordeal of the horrific accident that occurred on Saturday near Vungu River are still in a state of shock and struggling to come to terms with the accident that claimed eight of their relatives.
Mr Vhutayi of Nketa who lost his wife and has hand and leg fractures said he was too emotional to talk about the accident.
While those who spoke to ZBC News said they could not recall much of what happened but they only remember that they were thrown out of the vehicle when they collided head on with the colt.
The driver of the Toyota Hiace Nkosi Moyo who has since been discharged from hospital says his vehicle burst its rear tyre and swerved as he tried to control it before it collided head on with the Mitsubishi Colt that was Bulawayo-bound.
Meanwhile, eight people who died and 16 others who were injured in the horrific accident are members of the same family who had hired the Toyota Hiace to attended a funeral of a female relative in Harare.
Source - zbc
