By Elvis Dumba
Chinhoyi — Three people were killed and ten others injured when an Isuzu KB 250 side-swiped an overloaded Toyota Probox along Harare-Chirundu Road on New Year’s Eve as the Probox occupants made their way to a new year eve’s church service around 8pm near the Lions Den Tollgate.
The Toyota Probox, typically designed to carry up to five passengers, including the driver, had 13 passengers on board typically of pirate taxis operating on the country’s highway as public transport challenges continue unabated forcing passengers to use the usually dangerous pirate taxis.
“The ZRP confirms a fatal road traffic accident which occurred on 31/12/24 at around 2000 hours at the 136 kilometre peg along Harare -Chirundu Road.
Three people were killed while ten others were injured when an Isuzu KB 250 vehicle with side swiped with a Toyota Probox vehicle with 13 passengers on board.”
Commissioner and National Spokesperson of the Zimbabwe Republic Police Paul Nyathi said through the police’s X handle plartform
The bodies of the victims were taken to Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital mortuary for post mortem while the injured were admitted at the same hospital.
Members of the public often attribute such fatal accidents to alleged corruption among police officers, as the overloaded vehicle would likely have passed through multiple police roadblocks with some of the vehicles reportedly owned by members of the police force.
Meanwhile police kept heavy presence in both public places and highways to ensure vehicles comply with traffic regulations that saw some of the pirate taxi operators temporary withdrawal their services.
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