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Mpumelelo Nyoni and Loveness Bepete, Chronicle Reporters
FOUR people died in a horrific road accident near Binisi Farm along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road in the early morning hours on Thursday.
The Bulawayo Fire Brigade confirmed the accident, which occurred at 4am, when a bus smashed into a haulage truck.
The driver of the bus, who was allegedly speeding, is said to have rammed into the truck after trying to avoid hitting a Peugeot 504 that had broken down on the road.
Two of the deceased were trapped inside the wreckage.
A haulage truck was used to pull apart the two vehicles in an attempt to save the alive of injured passengers and the dead who were trapped alive for at least two hours.
The injured were rushed to Mpilo Central Hospital
Bulawayo chief fire officer Richard Peterson confirmed the accident.
More details to follow
Online Reporter