Zimbabwe Republic police have reported an accident in which 22 people died that occurred along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge road.
According to ZRP, the accident occurred near eThandweni shop when a Chief Tours and Travels vehicle carrying 21 passengers collided with a truck.
It is not yet clear who among the two surviving victims are.
The ZRP reports a fatal road traffic accident which occurred on 14/11/23 at around 2200 hours at the 27-kilometre peg along Bulawayo-Beitbridge Road near Thandweni Store in which 22 people were killed whilst two others were injured when a Toyota Quantum vehicle with 21 passengers on board was involved in a head-on collision with a DAF truck with one passenger on board. The injured victims are admitted at United Bulawayo Group of Hospitals. More details are to be released in due course.
More details to come
Mwenezi Accident Leaves Six Dead
Meanwhile, six passengers died on the spot and three others were badly injured after their Nissan Caravan kombi crashed with a Mercedes-Benz freight vehicle on the Beitbridge – Masvingo Highway near Rutenga in Mwenezi yesterday morning.
The accident happened about 5 a.m. at the 182km peg near the Zimbabwe Bio Energy turn-off after the Beitbridge-bound kombi encroached into the opposite lane and collided with a haulage truck traveling in the opposite direction.
The kombi had eight people, five of whom were females and one man.