Online Reporter
Freeman Razemba
Senior Reporter
NINE people were killed while 22 others were injured in separate road traffic accidents in Mahuwe and Mazowe on Monday and Tuesday.
Five of the victims were killed in the Mahuwe accident while the other four were killed in the Mazowe crash.
National police spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the accidents.
“The ZRP confirms a fatal road traffic accident in which five people were killed while 18 others were injured at the 101 kilometre peg along Mvurwi-Kanyemba Road, Mahuwe on May 12, 2025 at around 5pm,” he said.
“A Hino Dutro with 35 passengers on board veered off the road and overturned before landing on its wheels. The accident occurred while the truck was descending a steep slope and approaching a sharp curve.”
In another fatal accident, four people were killed while eight others were injured when a Nissan NV350 kombi veered off the road and overturned before landing on its roof at the 52-kilometre peg along Harare-Mukumbura Road in Mazowe on May 13, 2025 at around 9:50 am.
The bodies of the victims were taken to Concession Hospital mortuary for post-mortem while the injured were admitted to the same hospital.
