Six people were killed in a head-on collision involving a Toyota Probox and a kombi near Chinhoyi Provincial Heroes Acre along the Harare-Chirundu Highway on Thursday, 16 July.
Several other passengers were injured and taken to Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital for treatment.
The Herald reported police sources as saying the Toyota Probox, suspected to have been operating illegally as a pirate taxi, was heading towards Banket when it collided head-on with a commuter omnibus that was on its way to Harare from Magunje.
It is alleged that the Probox had failed to comply with a police order to stop and was reportedly being pursued towards Chinhoyi Central Police Station when the fatal crash happened.
In a post on X, police confirmed the accident, although they gave the wrong date, 17 July, instead of 16 July.
“The ZRP confirms a fatal road traffic accident which occurred this (yesterday) afternoon on 17/07/2026, at the 110 kilometre peg along the Harare-Chirundu Road near (the Provincial) Heroes Acre, in which six people were killed,” reads the post.
“The number of injured victims is still to be established. More details to be released in due course.”
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