Six Easter Holiday Crash Victims Named

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has revealed the identities of five (5) of out the six (6) victims of a fatal road traffic accident that occurred at the 5-kilometre peg along Mvuma – Gweru Road on the 9th of April 2023.

In a statement, ZRP national spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the victims were positively identified by their next of kin. The names of the deceased are as follows:

1. Nompumelelo Dube, a female infant aged 1 year of Cowdray Park, Bulawayo,
2. Fisani Gumbo (31) a female adult of Cowdray Park Bulawayo,
3. Dinha Mabhena (45) a female adult of Pumula South Bulawayo,
4. Kudzai Mbirimi (56) a female adult of Emganwini, Bulawayo,
5. Thembeletu Nkomo a male adult of Nkulumane 5, Bulawayo.

The accident at around 11 PM when a Mercedes Benz Sprinter with 24 passengers on board side swiped with a UD truck carrying 31 passengers.

Police said the truck driver did not stop after the accident and was involved in another accident at the 192-kilometre peg along Harare-Masvingo Road.

The truck veered off the road resulting in the injury of three passengers aboard the truck.

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