16 culpable homicide charges for haulage truck dri...

16 culpable homicide charges for haulage truck driver involved in Beatrice road crash

Zim Now Writer

The driver of the haulage truck that was involved in an accident with a Sprinter kombi, killing 16 church members along the Harare-Masvingo highway on Friday last week is facing 16 culpable homicide charges.

The haulage company, according to The Herald, had its had its licence cancelled pending investigations.

According to Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona, investigations revealed that the driver did not have relevant competency to drive public service vehicles, in line with the Road Traffic Act.

Addressing journalists during the post-Cabinet briefing on Tuesday, Mhona said punishing the driver and cancelling the transport company’s operator’s licence will send a stern warning to drivers and operators of public service vehicles.

Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister, Kazembe Kazembe, said his ministry will work with the Ministry of Transport to ensure that negligent drivers are brought to book and police officers manning roadblocks enforce the law.

Ministers Mhona and Kazembe later issued a joint statement, urging drivers to be cautious on the road during the Workers’ Day holiday that was commemorated yesterday.

The statement said the police and Vehicle Inspectorate Department would be out in full force throughout the Workers’ Day holiday to ensure defective vehicles were removed from the roads as well as enforce other traffic laws.