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Mugabe motorcade in another accident
19 Jun 2012 at 01:21hrs | Views
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's motorcade was involved in a third accident on Sunday inside two weeks, police confirmed.
The presidential motorcade was making a return to Harare from Mugabe's rural home in Zvimba ahead of his flight to Brazil when a police lead vehicle sent to clear traffic rammed into a commuter minibus carrying 22 passengers.
A male passenger in the minibus died on impact with the police Mercedes while 15 others - including two police officers - were injured, said police spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena.
The accident near the Moleli exit on the Norton-Murombedzi road - in an area known as Magazvuru - was timed at 16.45hrs.
On another trip to Zvimba last week, the presidential convoy was involved in two accidents.
In the first, a homeless man was knocked down by a police motorbike in Harare. The police outrider and the victim were both hospitalised.
As the convoy left Kutama on the return journey, an open-top army Land Cruiser carrying members of the presidential guard burst a tyre and overturned, killing Private Jeoffrey Mukotekwa and wounding several others.
Police are blaming the latest accident on drivers ignoring police signals.
The accident showed a "total disregard for road regulations which state that whenever there is a flashing red or blue light, be it a police vehicle or ambulance, other vehicles must give way," said Bvudzijena.
The presidential motorcade was making a return to Harare from Mugabe's rural home in Zvimba ahead of his flight to Brazil when a police lead vehicle sent to clear traffic rammed into a commuter minibus carrying 22 passengers.
A male passenger in the minibus died on impact with the police Mercedes while 15 others - including two police officers - were injured, said police spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena.
The accident near the Moleli exit on the Norton-Murombedzi road - in an area known as Magazvuru - was timed at 16.45hrs.
On another trip to Zvimba last week, the presidential convoy was involved in two accidents.
In the first, a homeless man was knocked down by a police motorbike in Harare. The police outrider and the victim were both hospitalised.
As the convoy left Kutama on the return journey, an open-top army Land Cruiser carrying members of the presidential guard burst a tyre and overturned, killing Private Jeoffrey Mukotekwa and wounding several others.
Police are blaming the latest accident on drivers ignoring police signals.
The accident showed a "total disregard for road regulations which state that whenever there is a flashing red or blue light, be it a police vehicle or ambulance, other vehicles must give way," said Bvudzijena.
Source - DN
