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Accident kills four on the spot

Four people died on the spot when a small vehicle collided head-on with a ZESA Hwange staff bus at the 112 km peg in Chegutu along the Harare-Bulawayo highway.Eye witnesses said the driver of the vehicle was violently thrown out of the vehicle on impact and died on the spot while three other occupan...

Man dies in a car accident

Luweni Mashidi (46) of Bulawayo died on the spot when the vehicle he was a passanger in veered off the road and rammed into a tree after the car had hit a cow along the Bulawayo-Plumtree Road, police confirmed yesterday.Matabeleland South provincial police acting spokesperson Assistant Inspector Chr...

Car accident kills 5 on the spot, injures 9

Five people died on the spot while nine others were seriously injured when a Nissan Hard body truck they were travelling in overturned at the 30km peg along the Gokwe-Nemangwe road just outside Gokwe Town Centre on Wednesday morning.The injured were taken to Gokwe district hospital. A source who spo...

Kombi accident kills 13 Zimbabweans in South Africa

THIRTEEN people believed to be Zimbabweans died after a commuter omnibus they were travelling in rammed into a stationary truck outside Musina, South Africa, yesterday.The deceased were coming from Pretoria heading towards Zimbabwe along N1 road in Limpopo.Musina police spokesperson Ronel Otto told ...

Zanu-PF Politburo member in fatal car accident

Zanu-PF Politburo member Dzikamai Mavhaire was yesterday injured when a vehicle he was travelling in was involved in an accident near Chivhu.Although details about the accident were still sketchy last night, Eddison Zvobgo (Jnr) confirmed that Mavhaire's car had collided with another resulting in t...

Masvingo-Beitbridge highway accident - four people die

Four people died, three of them on the spot, when a minibus they were travelling in burst a rear tyre and veered off the road before landing on its roof in Mwenezi along the Masvingo-Beitbridge highway on Wednesday night. The fourth victim died on admission to Beitbridge District Hospital, while the...

Scotch cart accident claims one

A 16-YEAR-OLD Mbembesi boy died on the spot in an accident involving a donkey-drawn cart that veered off the road and overturned last Friday.Matabeleland North provincial police spokesperson Sergeant Eglon Nkala yesterday confirmed the incident."Three children aged 16, 15 and 11 years were travellin...

Police release names of accident victims

POLICE have released the names of the eight people who died on Monday when a Toyota Regius veered off the road and overturned along the Gwanda-Bulawayo highway.National traffic acting spokesperson Assistant Inspector Luckmore Chakanza said the driver of the vehicle that was travelling to Bulawayo wa...

Shabanie Mine football club involved in a road accident

It never rains but it pours for Premiership soccer side Shabanie Mine.The Zvishavane-based asbestos miners were involved in a road accident at Mbalabala on Saturday when they were travelling from Beitbridge after their match against Premiership newcomers Tripple B who beat them 3-0.Their team bus hi...

8 die in road accident

At least eight people died, seven of them on the spot, when a Toyota Regius they were travelling in veered off the road and overturned along the Gwanda-Bulawayo Highway yesterday.Officer commanding police southern region, Chief Superintendent Peter Rwodzi, confirmed that the Bulawayo bound vehicle o...

Accident kills four

Four people died on the spot and two others were seriously injured after two vehicles were involved in a head on collision along the Harare - Bulawayo road, 4 kilometres before Norton.An eye witness Mr Washington Chizeme said the four died after one of the vehicles that was coming from Norton had a ...

Man found dead by road side in a suspected hit and run accident

A 28-year-old Inyathi man was reportedly found dead on the side of a road in a suspected hit and run accident.The man, Mhlonitshwa Sibanda of Badala area Inyathi district under Chief Mtshane Khumalo, who was allegedly on his way home from the Badala beerhall, sustained a broken right collar bone, sw...

Accident claims 5 tobacco farmers

AT least five tobacco farmers coming from the auction floors in Harare died on the spot, while several others were injured when the vehicle they were travelling in sideswiped another truck along the Harare-Chirundu Highway on Thursday night.The dead were identified as Tapiwa Mairosi (15), Livert Ruz...

Highway accident, two people die on the spot

Two people died on the spot while seven others were seriously injured and admitted to hospital when a commuter omnibus they were travelling in burst its left rear tyre before overturning along the Masvingo-Beitbridge highway on Wednesday afternoon.At least 10 others escaped with minor injuries in th...

Three more killed in road accidents

Three more people died on Sunday to take the number of people killed in road accidents during the Easter holidays to 45, police spokesperson Superintendent Paul Nyathi said yesterday.This is almost double the number of people who died during the same period last year.Last year, 23 people were killed...

Cross-border driver killed in accident

A Beitbridge-based cross-border driver was killed while two others were seriously injured when a 1 tonne truck they were travelling in side-swiped with a haulage truck on Friday afternoon on the New Limpopo Bridge which links Zimbabwe and South Africa.The incident occurred at around 4.30 pm.It is un...

Easter holiday death toll rises to 42

Police say 42 people have died this Easter holiday in 351 road accidents recorded countrywide.This Easter holiday recorded 42 deaths compared 23 people who died in 206 accidents during the same period last year.National Traffic Police Spokesperson, Superintended Paul Nyathi said Manicaland and Midla...

5 killed in patrol helicopter crash in Kruger National Park, SA

Five people died when a helicopter crashed in the Kruger National Park on Saturday evening, the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) said."The helicopter was on a scheduled aerial patrol of the Kruger National Park as part of Operation RHINO, the anti-rhino poaching operation, in the Kruger National Pa...

Easter holiday accidents death toll rockets

The Zimbabwe Republic Police says 35 people have died compared to 11 last year since the beginning of the Easter holiday.Police spokesperson, Superintendent Paul Nyathi said 323 accidents have been recorded so far, compared to 154 last year.He said eight people died and two others were injured last ...

Rare vintage Mercedes Benz destroyed by careless mechanics

A rare Mercedes-Benz was ‘completely destroyed’ after two careless mechanics crashed it while taking it out for a test drive.The elite 300 SL Gullwing Coupe sports car, one of only 1400, was left mangled in a roadside ditch following the accident near Stuttgart in Germany.Estimated damages of mo...

At least 2 dead and dozens buried in Tanzania building collapse

School children are among dozens of people missing in the rubble of a building that has collapsed in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.Reports said at least 45 people were buried and 17 had been pulled out of the debris.At least two people have died but others are believed to be under the rubble, with some de...

Rank marshal found dead, his brain splashed on the tarmac

A Birchenough Bridge rank marshal, Trymore Takawira (26), was found dead with a broken skull and brains scattered on the road last Friday morning in a horrific accident that left villagers shell shocked.Police confirmed Takawira's death and said his body was discovered by Mr Justin Nyakunu who was ...

Poor road signs blamed for accident

The Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) says it is going to engage the Harare City Council to ensure road signs are put in place while round-abouts should be constructed at some known black spots to reduce road accidents.The development follows a pile up of vehicles that occurred at the corner...

Accident kills one

One person died and two others were injured in a traffic accident in Gweru after a vehicle veered off the road and plunged into a tuckshop near Mkoba 5 suburb.The driver, Chrispen Mupakaviri (30) of Mkoba 13 sustained head injuries and died on his way to Gweru General Hospital.The injured Admire Mid...

Road accident claims five

FIVE people, including three Chinhoyi High School pupils, died on Thursday morning when a commuter omnibus they were travelling in was involved in an accident.The children were on their way to school.The accident occurred when the kombi overturned after it was side-swiped by a haulage truck near the...

Tenda bus overturns killing five people

Five people were killed while 10 others were injured, seven of them seriously when a Zambia bound Tenda bus overturned at the 244 kilometre peg along the Harare-Chirundu road last night after running over a cyclist.The five include the cyclist.Officer Commanding Police Kariba district, Chief Superin...

The story of two teen brothers who survived a fatal accident which claimed their dad's life, leaving them both crippled

As we enter the one bedroom flat in Berea Johannesburg, we are cheerfully greeted by two teen boys who are lying down on the couch watching wrestling on TV. The tiny living room is crowded with furniture including a bunk bed where the boys sleep. This is a home for them, their aunt and widowed...

Eleven people die in a road accident

Eleven people died in a road accident that occurred near Fairbridge police station in Bulawayo this Friday afternoon.Police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba said the accident involved a Botswana registered bus and two commuter omnibuses.She said of the 11 killed, 10 were in the...

Commuter omnibus accident, 7 people injured

Seven people were injured on Thursday after a commuter omnibus they were travelling on was involved in an accident with a lorry at the intersection of Highglen and Kambuzuma Roads in Harare.Barely four days after a road accident involving two commuter buses and a haulage truck claimed seven lives, s...

Truck accident claims four

A haulage truck overturned along the Harare-Masvingo Road killing four people on the spot on Tuesday. ...

Six people die in haulage truck, kombi accident

Six people have been killed in a traffic accident in Harare this afternoon. Two kombis collided and then a haulage truck ran over them.The crash occurred on the corner of Glen Nara and Airport Road, Three Men On a Boat reported.According to Larry Kwirirayi "several people were injured some of them s...

Family members attending wedding told at airport groom died in a freak accident

Pretoria - Family members who travelled from Britain to South Africa for a wedding were told at the airport that they would be attending a funeral instead.This came after the groom died in a freak accident one week before the wedding, reported Beeld.Seymore Coetsee, 34, a luxury hunting lodge manage...

Hit-and-run accidents up by 50%

INCIDENTS of hit-and-run accidents in Bulawayo have increased by about 50%, from 319 cases in 2011 to 577 last year, police have said.Addressing stakeholders during a workshop organised by the local authority last week, the officer commanding Bulawayo Metropolitan traffic police, Superintendent Mor...

Satanists caught drinking blood at accident scene

In a nerve wrecking incident at Neta village in Mberengwa, a suspected 'Satanist' cult was caught helping itself to blood at an accident scene where four children died on the spot.The cult, made up of several members who were clad in black robes was first get to the scene of a hit and run accident. ...

Zebulon bus accident, 12 dead

TWELVE people were killed, 10 of them on the spot, when the Zebulon bus they were travelling in failed to stop at a road construction controlled sign and sideswiped a Group Five International Company truck, police have said.The accident happened yesterday at around 12.45pm at the 55,5km peg along th...

Kombi crash, 21 injured

TWENTY one people were injured yesterday when the driver of a commuter omnibus they were travelling in lost control of the vehicle and it overturned at the intersection of the Bulawayo- Plumtree highway and Birkinhead Road in the city.Police spokesperson Mandlenkonsi Moyo confirmed the accident whic...

Plumtree Road, accident claims two

TWO people believed to be professional hunters, who were travelling to Plumtree died while another is battling for life in hospital after their Toyota Hilux overturned numerous times along Plumtree Road between Mbokodo Abattoir and Traveller's Inn yesterday.The two who died are said to have succumbe...

Fire brigade vehicles involved in an accident

Two Bulawayo City Council (BCC) fire brigade vehicles were involved in an accident, which reportedly resulted in two firefighters being injured during a mock fire exercise at the Tower Block building on Wednesday.BCC chief fire officer Richard Peterson yesterday confirmed the accident, but denied th...

Police bus overturns, one officer dead

A junior officer died while several others were injured when a police bus carrying 53 police driving instructors returning from a refresher course was involved in a road accident in Vumba last Friday.Although police in Mutare declined to comment on the matter referring all questions to their superio...

Gweru - Bulawayo highway accident claims one

One person died and two others were seriously injured when two haulage trucks side swapped at the 54 kilometre peg near Shangaani along the Gweru - Bulawayo highway.One of the drivers died on admission at Gweru General Hospital while two people are admitted at the hospital.The two haulage trucks wer...

Chiyangwa's expensive car involved in an accident

A Harare woman on Wednesday caused a stir at the Africa Unity Square parking bay when she rammed onto business mugul, Dr Phillip Chiyangwa's parked Land Rover Discovery.The woman, who was driving a BMW518i vehicle registration number ABG 8448, caused a pile up as she was also hit by another vehicle ...

Another Zupco bus accident, 3 people dead

Three passengers on board a Nissan Vannette perished on the spot and another one was seriously injured when their vehicle collided head on with a Zupco bus near Munyati River along the Kadoma - Kwekwe highway in the early hours of yesterday (Friday 5:20am)The bus driver escaped with minor injuries a...

Masvingo-Beitbridge road accident, driver dies

One person died on the spot when the driver of a Nissan X-Trail she was travelling in lost control resulting in the vehicle veering off the road before overturning and rolling thrice at the 47km peg along Masvingo-Beitbridge Road, police reported yesterday.Masvingo provincial police spokesperson Ins...

Connemara accident victims named

POLICE have released the names of the four family members who died when a pick-up truck was involved in a head-on collision with a bus near Connemara on Monday morning. One of the victims in the accident involving a Zupco bus and a Toyota Hilux was a school child.The accident occurred around 11.30am...

Head-on collision, 4 family members and a school pupil die on the spot

FOUR family members, including a school pupil, died on the spot when a Toyota Hilux truck they were travelling in was involved in a head-on collision with a Zupco bus near Connemara Open Prison along the Harare-Bulawayo Road yesterday morning.The accident occurred around 11.30am. The truck had four...

Harare tops Zimbabwe's bloodiest road carnage list

Zimbabwe's holiday road carnage has risen from 200 to 210, eight days before the end of the official festive season.National police spokesperson Andrew Phiri yesterday said Harare province tops the list.The festive season is recorded from December 15 to January 15, according to the police.Declared t...

Work related deaths continue to rise

The National Social Security Authority ( NSSA) says accidents at the workplace continue to rise, with the year 2012 recording 103 deaths in a period which also saw 5000 cases of serious injuries. According to statistics released by NSSA, the increase in the number of accidents occurring at the workp...

Bus accident: 8 people die, 57 injured

Eight people died while 57 others were injured after a Botswana-bound bus travelling from Harare over­turned on the outskirts of Bulawayo in the early hours of yesterday.The accident, which occurred near Cement Siding along the Harare-Bulawayo highway, brings the num­ber of festive season deaths t...

SA festive season road accident death toll rises to 1 300

Johannesburg - The festive season death toll on South Africa's roads has risen to 1 300, the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) said on Saturday."Although these are not the official figures I can confirm that we have lost 1 300 people since the beginning of the festive season."At the moment ...

Festive season road accidents death toll rises to 200

THE festive season death toll clocked 200 following the death of 17 more people in separate road accidents that occurred throughout the country yesterday.National police spokesperson Superintendent Andrew Phiri confirmed the deaths saying Midlands Province recorded seven accident fatalities followed...