Friday, February 14, 2025 - A head-on collision between a bus and a truck k!lled 24 people in Zimbabwe.
Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the accident happened on Thursday,
February 13, 2025 near Beitbridge, a town on the southern border with South
Africa.
The bus was traveling from the capital, Harare, to Beitbridge with 65
passengers on board.
Nyathi said preliminary investigations indicated that the bus was trying
to overtake another vehicle when it collided with the haulage truck.
He said police are uncertain how many people were injured.
State media showed pictures of some covered bodies lying on the
ground and the mangled wreckages of the bus and truck.
The State-run Herald newspaper quoted a government medical officer in
Beitbridge as saying 17 people died at the scene of the accident, while seven
others died from head injuries at a hospital in Beitbridge.
The newspaper reported that 30 others were injured and in the hospital.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa said he was horrified and heartbroken and
declared the crash a national disaster. He said the government will take care
of funeral and burial expenses.
Our nation does not deserve this at all, let alone experiencing such a
bloody incident at the beginning of the year,” Mnangagwa said in a statement,
urging drivers to exercise “extreme caution on the roads.”
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