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Sukulwenkosi Dube Matutu, Plumtree Correspondent
THREE people including a three-year-old boy died while about 15 others were seriously injured after a Harare bound Metrolyn Bus, which was coming from Botswana, burst a tyre and overturned along the Bulawayo- Plumtree Road today.
With 74 passengers onboard, comprising Zimbabweans and Batswanas, the bus veered off the road and careened for about 300 metres towards the bush.
It overturned and slid on its side for about 50 metres, uprooting trees in its wake.
Four people, among them an elderly woman whose arms, an official at Plumtree District Hospital said may be amputated, were rushed to the United Bulawayo Hospitals for further treatment.
About 11 passengers are admitted to Plumtree District Hospital, with injuries ranging from serious bruises to fractured limbs.
The three-year-old boy’s skull was crushed while the two other dead passengers are suspected to have been trampled panicky passengers who stampeded to get out of the bus.
More to follow…
derick.khumalo