Disasters/Emergencies/Crisis/Calamity January 1, 2023

UPDATE: Police Name Victims Of Masvingo Bus Accident

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The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has announced the names of three people who died on the spot when an Inter Africa bus veered off the road and ran over them in Masvingo on New Year’s Eve.

ZRP Masvingo provincial spokesperson, Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa told ZBC News that the deceased are:

1). Mary Gomo (43) from Chihanya village of Zaka;

2). Margaret Chidari (43) and

3). Chelsea Tanatswa Chidari (4) from Fambai Village, Chief Nhema area in Zaka.

The Harare-bound Inter Africa bus veered off the road and hit them at the Nyagambu area near Nhema Clinic in Zaka and killed the three pedestrians on the spot.

The accident is said to have occurred on Saturday morning.