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Horror accident leaves 5 dead
29 Feb 2016 at 01:31hrs | Views
FIVE people died on the spot, while eight others were seriously injured in a head-on collision involving a commuter omnibus and a Volkswagen Passat along the Harare-Mutare highway yesterday morning.
The accident occurred a few kilometres from the Marondera tollgate.
National police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba confirmed the accident, saying the collision occurred a few kilometres from the Marondera tollgate when the Harare-bound commuter omnibus burst its tyre and encroached into the lane of the Passat.
"Five people, all female, died while eight others were injured including the driver of the Passat," she said.
The injured passengers were taken to Parirenyatwa and Marondera hospitals.
Witnesses said all three female passengers in the Passat died on the spot, while the driver, identified as Tanyanyisa Marange, was injured.
"When we asked him (Marange) what had happened, he was still in shock and could not explain the circumstances," a relative Stanley Madaga said.
Two elderly women from the commuter omnibus also died, while seven others were injured. By the time the fire brigade arrived at the scene, most of the passengers in the commuter omnibus had already been rescued with the exception of a female passenger who was still trapped in the wreckage of the Passat.
The accident occurred a few kilometres from the Marondera tollgate.
National police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba confirmed the accident, saying the collision occurred a few kilometres from the Marondera tollgate when the Harare-bound commuter omnibus burst its tyre and encroached into the lane of the Passat.
"Five people, all female, died while eight others were injured including the driver of the Passat," she said.
The injured passengers were taken to Parirenyatwa and Marondera hospitals.
Witnesses said all three female passengers in the Passat died on the spot, while the driver, identified as Tanyanyisa Marange, was injured.
"When we asked him (Marange) what had happened, he was still in shock and could not explain the circumstances," a relative Stanley Madaga said.
Two elderly women from the commuter omnibus also died, while seven others were injured. By the time the fire brigade arrived at the scene, most of the passengers in the commuter omnibus had already been rescued with the exception of a female passenger who was still trapped in the wreckage of the Passat.
Source - newsday
