Online Reporter
George Maponga in Masvingo
President Mnangagwa has extended his condolences to the families of the eight people who died in an accident that occurred near Mutendi Complex along the Masvingo-Mutare Highway on Saturday morning.
Eight people including the driver perished on the spot after a Mutare-bound bus with 20 passengers sideswiped a timber-laden lorry as it tried to avoid an oncoming vehicle near the Mutendi Complex about 56km from Masvingo.
The bus crashed after its side was ripped open by the timber killing the eight.
President Mnangagwa granted State assistance to the bereaved families to bury their loved ones.
Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs and Devolution Ezra Chadzamira on Monday presided over a send-off ceremony for the bodies of the eight at a Doves Funeral parlour in the city.
The Minister told relatives that the President was touched by the tragedy and deemed it fit to grant State-assisted funerals for the eight.
Minister Chadzamira said at President Mnangagwa’s behest, the Government provided coffins, transport and other necessities to facilitate the burial of the crash victims.
He warned motorists to observe road rules and regulations to prevent unnecessary road carnage.
Bongani Ndlovu
Online Reporter