4 killed, several injured crash involving two buses, haulage truck

Zim Now Writer

Four people were killed while several others were injured after a Tenda bus collided with a Phils and Pats bus and a haulage truck along the Harare-Mutare highway yesterday afternoon.

National police spokesperson, Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident.

“The ZRP confirms a fatal road traffic accident which occurred this afternoon at the 32-kilometre peg along Harare-Mutare Road near Mutangadura in which four people were killed when a Tenda bus collided with a haulage truck and a Phils and Pats bus.

“The Tenda bus was on the way to Mutare whilst Phils and Pats bus was on the way to Harare.

“The bodies of the victims were taken to Marondera Provincial Hospital mortuary for post-mortem whilst the injured were referred to Marondera Provincial Hospital and Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals,” said Comm. Nyathi.

Details on the total number of passengers on board the two buses was yet to be ascertained at the time of writing.