75 learners escape unhurt after bus catches fire

Zim Now Writer

About 75 Pakame High School learners escaped unhurt when an Inter Africa bus that had been hired to take them back to school burst into flames following an accident along the Harare-Bulawayo Highway.

The students were travelling from Harare back to school in Shurugwi.

National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said all pupils escaped unhurt, but lost property in the inferno.

“The accident occurred at the 181km peg along the Harare-Bulawayo Highway,” Nyathi said.

“The accident occurred after a pirate taxi driver suddenly encroached onto his (bus driver’s) lane. All pupils escaped, but some have lost their properties.”

He said police were yet to ascertain the value of the lost property.

Primary and Secondary Education ministry spokesperson Toungana Ndoro said: “We have policies and circulars that we have put in place for school authorities and transporters to exercise maximum care with children on board to avoid such unfortunate incidents.”