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Road accident kills 3
09 Nov 2015 at 05:47hrs | Views
The wreackage of the Honda Fit which crashed in Victoria Falls on Friday night
A TEENAGER from Victoria Falls sneaked out of home for a beer drink leaving her two-year-old baby unattended, but she will not be able to hold the boy in her arms again.
Pinky Masuku, 18, was among the three people who died on the spot when a Honda Fit they were travelling in veered off the road and hit a tree near the Victoria Falls International Airport at midnight on Friday.
One person suffered serious injuries in the accident that occurred at Chidobe Turn Off along the Victoria Falls-Bulawayo highway.
The driver and only survivor, Nkosilathi Lusaba, a Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe employee, was airlifted in an EMRAS air rescue plane to Harare.
The four were driving from KoPanashe Leisure Spot which they left after it closed to continue drinking at Lupinyu Business Centre.
Masuku was allegedly Lusaba's girlfriend and they were travelling with two other friends, Nyasha Nyamandi and Andile Moyo, who also died in the accident.
Family members said Masuku left behind a two-year-old baby while Moyo is survived by a pregnant wife.
John Nyamandi, Nyasha's brother said: "Nyasha left home at 7PM with his friends and usually when they go out, they drink at Shoestrings. We heard that they left with their friend who works at the airport. They were drunk and the accident occurred when the driver tried to overtake another car. He lost control and the car veered off the road and hit a tree killing three of the passengers on the spot."
Masuku's uncle, Mkhululi Masuku, said she sneaked out of the house at night leaving her baby unattended.
He said the teenager dropped out of school after she fell pregnant.
Mkhululi said they always told her that Lusaba, her alleged boyfriend, was not good for her.
"We thought Pinky was in her room until we received a call that she had been involved in an accident. We checked in her room and when we could not find her, we rushed to the hospital where we positively identified her body," he said.
When The Chronicle arrived at the scene of the accident on Saturday morning, the wreckage of the vehicle was still on site.
Both front doors had fallen off while the windscreen was shattered.
There were blood stains around the wreckage.
Bodies of the three are at Victoria Falls Hospital Mortuary and their families said they were waiting for post-mortem results before burial arrangements could be made.
Pinky Masuku, 18, was among the three people who died on the spot when a Honda Fit they were travelling in veered off the road and hit a tree near the Victoria Falls International Airport at midnight on Friday.
One person suffered serious injuries in the accident that occurred at Chidobe Turn Off along the Victoria Falls-Bulawayo highway.
The driver and only survivor, Nkosilathi Lusaba, a Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe employee, was airlifted in an EMRAS air rescue plane to Harare.
The four were driving from KoPanashe Leisure Spot which they left after it closed to continue drinking at Lupinyu Business Centre.
Masuku was allegedly Lusaba's girlfriend and they were travelling with two other friends, Nyasha Nyamandi and Andile Moyo, who also died in the accident.
Family members said Masuku left behind a two-year-old baby while Moyo is survived by a pregnant wife.
John Nyamandi, Nyasha's brother said: "Nyasha left home at 7PM with his friends and usually when they go out, they drink at Shoestrings. We heard that they left with their friend who works at the airport. They were drunk and the accident occurred when the driver tried to overtake another car. He lost control and the car veered off the road and hit a tree killing three of the passengers on the spot."
Masuku's uncle, Mkhululi Masuku, said she sneaked out of the house at night leaving her baby unattended.
He said the teenager dropped out of school after she fell pregnant.
Mkhululi said they always told her that Lusaba, her alleged boyfriend, was not good for her.
"We thought Pinky was in her room until we received a call that she had been involved in an accident. We checked in her room and when we could not find her, we rushed to the hospital where we positively identified her body," he said.
When The Chronicle arrived at the scene of the accident on Saturday morning, the wreckage of the vehicle was still on site.
Both front doors had fallen off while the windscreen was shattered.
There were blood stains around the wreckage.
Bodies of the three are at Victoria Falls Hospital Mortuary and their families said they were waiting for post-mortem results before burial arrangements could be made.
Source - chronicle
