7 perish in Honde horror crash

Ray Bande
Senior Reporter

 

SEVEN people died on the spot when the driver of a Harare-bound haulage truck lost control at the first curve from Hauna Growth Point in Honde Valley yesterday evening.

Of the 13 people who were injured, five of them are in critical condition and have since been transferred to Victoria Chitepo Provincial Hospital in Mutare.

Nyanga Traffic Officer- in-Charge, Inspector Loice Tandare, confirmed that seven people died on the spot.

“The driver of the haulage truck lost control of the vehicle as he negotiated the first curve from Hauna Growth Point along Selbourne-Aberfoyle Road. Preliminary investigations indicate that the driver was speeding,” said Inspector Tandare.

 

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