Dislodged truck wheel kills Chinhoyi medical docto...

Dislodged truck wheel kills Chinhoyi medical doctor

Zim Now Writer

A 30-year-old Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital medical doctor, Tinotenda Madzima, was fatally hit by a dislodged Scania haulage truck wheel while walking along the road.

The accident happened in the early hours of Wednesday at the 116-kilometre peg along Harare-Chirundu road, while the truck was travelling towards Harare.

In a statement on X, police confirmed the victim’s demise on the spot after being hit on the back by the wheel.

“The doctor was walking along the road when he was hit on the back by a wheel which had dislodged from a Scania haulage truck travelling towards Harare. The victim died on the spot,” police said.

The victim left behind a wife and a child.

The incident accounts for three other accidents of the same nature in the past weeks that have claimed a minor and a police officer.

Meanwhile, X is flooded with condolence messages from government officials and close friends and relatives, who have expressed grief over the untimely death of Madzima, who has been described as a devoted Christian and humble person.