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Man stabbed, wife run over by a car
10 Jun 2014 at 07:21hrs | Views
A KNIFE-STABBING victim suffered double pain when his wife's body turned up at the same hospital's mortuary minutes later - she had been run over by a car.
Yambani Nyoni, 49, and husband Francis Nero Ndlovu, of Mkhosana Township in Victoria Falls, were out drinking separately last Saturday night when fate dealt them a cruel blow.
Nyoni had earlier thrown a party to celebrate her birthday at the couple's home before taking her daughter-in-law for drinks at Mkhali Bar in the same neighbourhood.
Police say she was leaving the nightclub shortly after 11PM when she was knocked down by a car driven by Tawanda Muzanga.
Chief Superintendent Jairos Chiona, the police officer commanding Victoria Falls district, said:
"All we can say for now is that a woman died on the spot after being hit by a car at Mkhosana turn-off on Saturday night.
"She was in the company of her daughter-in-law Samukelisiwe Ndlovu, 24.
"They allegedly tried to cross the road resulting in one of them being hit by a car. There is an element of drunkenness, but we are still investigating."
Chief Supt Chiona said no arrest had been made, adding: "No-one has been charged yet. . . if investigations show negligence or alcohol was a factor, then we can charge the driver with a traffic offence."
Ndlovu, who worked at Victoria Falls Safari Lodge and was a lower division soccer referee, was left with severe injuries after being stabbed by unknown assailants.
He was leaving a sports bar when he was stabbed multiple times.
A hospital source said: "When the husband was being admitted to Victoria Falls Hospital, the body of his wife was brought in from the accident scene."
Yambani Nyoni, 49, and husband Francis Nero Ndlovu, of Mkhosana Township in Victoria Falls, were out drinking separately last Saturday night when fate dealt them a cruel blow.
Nyoni had earlier thrown a party to celebrate her birthday at the couple's home before taking her daughter-in-law for drinks at Mkhali Bar in the same neighbourhood.
Police say she was leaving the nightclub shortly after 11PM when she was knocked down by a car driven by Tawanda Muzanga.
Chief Superintendent Jairos Chiona, the police officer commanding Victoria Falls district, said:
"All we can say for now is that a woman died on the spot after being hit by a car at Mkhosana turn-off on Saturday night.
"She was in the company of her daughter-in-law Samukelisiwe Ndlovu, 24.
"They allegedly tried to cross the road resulting in one of them being hit by a car. There is an element of drunkenness, but we are still investigating."
Chief Supt Chiona said no arrest had been made, adding: "No-one has been charged yet. . . if investigations show negligence or alcohol was a factor, then we can charge the driver with a traffic offence."
Ndlovu, who worked at Victoria Falls Safari Lodge and was a lower division soccer referee, was left with severe injuries after being stabbed by unknown assailants.
He was leaving a sports bar when he was stabbed multiple times.
A hospital source said: "When the husband was being admitted to Victoria Falls Hospital, the body of his wife was brought in from the accident scene."
Source - chronicle
