NEW: 6 perish in Shamhu accident

Tanyaradzwa Mujati
Post Reporter

SIX people died, while six others were injured in an accident that happened near Shamhu Business Centre yesterday.

In a statement, police confirmed the accident and said the driver of a Mazda T35 truck which was carrying timber and 14 passengers on board lost control of the vehicle before it veered off the road and overturned.

“The ZRP confirms a fatal road traffic accident which occurred at the 9km peg along Mutare-Shamhu Road on August 29 at around 4pm where six people died, while six others were injured after a Mazda T35 carrying timber with 14 passengers on board veered off the road and overturned,” reads the statement.

The names of the victims are still to be released.

 

More details to follow . . .

 

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