11-year-old killed in cart accident File picture: Mehluli Nkomo carries a beast on a scotch-cart drawn by four donkeys while on his way to pay the bride price for his wife in Sengwe, Gokwe, . — Picture by Shelton Muchena

Freedom Mupanedemo Midlands Bureau
An 11-year-old boy from Maboleni in Lower Gweru died on the spot when a speeding donkey-drawn cart he was travelling in hit a tree stump and overturned.

Midlands provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko said the incident occured on a bush road near Maboleni Business Centre on Tuesday.

“Mr Thando Khayise Ncube was controlling the donkeys as they sped with no one in their front. One of the cart wheels then hit a tree stump and it overturned.

“An 11-year-old boy, Muzingayi Ntini was thrown outside and sustained serious head injuries and died on the spot. The scene was attended to by the police and the matter is under investigation,” he said.

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