Online Reporter
Yeukai Karengezeka
Court Correspondent
A KOMBI driver from Murisa Village in Seke communal lands, Tinashe Hwariro (27), who was recently convicted of seven counts of violating the Road Traffic Act following a series of accidents on the same day, has been jailed for two years.
Hwariro pleaded guilty to two counts of negligent driving, one count of reckless driving, two counts of failing to stop after a serious road traffic accident and driving without a valid driver’s licence.
Chitungwiza magistrate Ms Rutendo Mangwiro sent him behind bars for two years for all the offences.
Prosecutor Mr Malvin Mwendera told the court that all the offences occurred on the same day, around 7 pm along an unnamed road in Chitungwiza’s Unit N suburb.
One of the victims, 49-year-old Mr Pearsom Kanzviti, was driving a Toyota Sprinter heading west along the road while Hwariro, who was driving a Nissan Caravan public service vehicle with registration number AHA 0156, was travelling east when the incident occurred.
According to Mr Mwendera, Hwariro drove negligently by encroaching into Mr Kanzviti’s lane, sideswiping his vehicle on the right side.
The incident left Mr Kanzviti’s car with a broken right-side mirror, a damaged right rear corner lamp, a dent on the right front door and a damaged right front fender.
Instead of stopping, Hwariro fled the scene and collided with two other vehicles belonging to Fandress Mbazima and Kweri Prince.
His vehicle’s front headlamp was broken while the front right door had a dent. Hwariro sped off after the accidents and was arrested later.
The accused’s vehicle was taken to the Chitungwiza Vehicle Inspection Department for assessment.
No one was injured in the accidents.
