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Liberty Dube Mutare Bureau
SEVEN people were yesterday killed, while six others were seriously injured when a Harare-bound Toyota Wish collided with a truck at the 203-kilometre peg along Harare-Mutare Highway. According to eyewitnesses and police who attended the scene, tragedy struck at around 0945hours.

When The Herald attended the scene around midday, bodies were still strewn all over the scene.
Manicaland provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Tavhiringwa Kakohwa, said the names of the deceased would be released once their next of kin have been advised.

Witnesses said the Toyota Wish burst a rear left tyre and the driver failed to control the vehicle, which encroached into the lane of oncoming traffic leading to the collision.

“We arrived at the scene minutes after it happened. The Toyota Wish was overloaded and some of the deceased were trapped before we retrieved their bodies.

“We heard a bang and rushed to the scene. One of the deceased was rushed to hospital, but died on the way,” said one of the witnesses.

Mutare Rural District Nyamajura Ward 1 Councillor Luxton Mawanga, who attended the scene, said the place had become a black spot.

“A number of fatal accidents have occurred around this spot and it’s worrisome. I recently witnessed a pedestrian being knocked down by a car near the spot,” he said.