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Moses Chunga survives car accident
27 Mar 2012 at 05:38hrs | Views
MOSES CHUNGA said he was lucky to be alive after his car crashed into a ditch in Harare yesterday â€" just a few hours before he laid his late father to rest at Warren Hills cemetery.
The former Zimbabwe senior national football team captain was alone in his Toyota Corolla, which was extensively damaged, when the accident occurred in the early hours of yesterday.
Chunga said one of the car's front tyres burst, as he drove along Simon Mazorodze Road in the Waterfalls area, and he lost control of the vehicle, which veered off the road and slammed into a ditch.
Chunga whose mouth was swollen, suffered hand and back injuries and was visibly in severe pain when he attended his father's burial at Warren Hills yesterday.
"There was a tyre burst and suddenly I lost control of the car and it skidded off the road and then landed in the ditch," said Chunga.
Chunga was taken by members of his Soccer Coaches Union of Zimbabwe to a private clinic in Harare, soon after the burial of his father, after he complained of severe back pains. He was treated by CAPS United doctor, Mordecai Sachikonye, and advised to go home and rest. Newsome Mutema, the SCUZ secretary-general, was one of the union's members who accompanied Chunga to the private clinic.
Chunga's father, Andros Kawizi, died at a Harare hospital on Friday after battling ill health for some time.
His funeral ceremony, at his home at 7 Kafudzamombe Street in Mufakose, turned into a celebration for the life of a man whose sons, Moses and Kembo, made a huge impact at Dynamos in the 80s.
The former Zimbabwe senior national football team captain was alone in his Toyota Corolla, which was extensively damaged, when the accident occurred in the early hours of yesterday.
Chunga said one of the car's front tyres burst, as he drove along Simon Mazorodze Road in the Waterfalls area, and he lost control of the vehicle, which veered off the road and slammed into a ditch.
Chunga whose mouth was swollen, suffered hand and back injuries and was visibly in severe pain when he attended his father's burial at Warren Hills yesterday.
Chunga was taken by members of his Soccer Coaches Union of Zimbabwe to a private clinic in Harare, soon after the burial of his father, after he complained of severe back pains. He was treated by CAPS United doctor, Mordecai Sachikonye, and advised to go home and rest. Newsome Mutema, the SCUZ secretary-general, was one of the union's members who accompanied Chunga to the private clinic.
Chunga's father, Andros Kawizi, died at a Harare hospital on Friday after battling ill health for some time.
His funeral ceremony, at his home at 7 Kafudzamombe Street in Mufakose, turned into a celebration for the life of a man whose sons, Moses and Kembo, made a huge impact at Dynamos in the 80s.
Source - herald
