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AT least 20 people were injured, while four cattle were killed. Pictures by Tendai Gutikwa and Tinashe Hazvide

AT least 20 people were injured, while four cattle were killed at Christmas Pass (Mutare) Thursday afternoon when an ISUZU lorry carrying 15 cattle lost balance after one of its front tyres burst and crashed into a Trip Trans Yutong bus travelling from Harare to Mutare. The lorry was travelling from Chinhoyi to Chipinge

The injured passengers were ferried to Mutare Hospital.

The remaining 11 cattle were badly injured, with many of them sustaining broken legs.

Officials from the SPCA were forced to put down one of the seriously injured beasts.