Head on collision on the Bulawayo-Beitbridge highway claims 22 lives
A head on collision on the Bulawayo-Beitbridge highway has claimed 22lives.The accident occurred last night between an overloaded Toyota Quantum and a DAF Truck.The sad news was confirmed by national police spokesperson , Assistant commissioner Paul Nyathi in a statement shared hereunder:
“The ZRP reports a fatal road traffic accident which occurred on 14 November 2023 at around 10pm at the 27 kilometre peg along Bulawayo-Beitbridge Road near Thandweni Store in which 22 people were killed whilst two others were injured when a Toyota Quantum vehicle with 21 passengers on board was involved in a head on collision with a DAF truck with one passenger on board. The injured victims are admitted at United Bulawayo Group of Hospitals.More details to be released in due course.”
This comes hard on the heels of yet another fatal head-on collision on the Masvingo -Beitbridge Road that claimed the lives of six people, leaving three injuries.
Police have urged motorists to exercise extreme caution while on the roads, observe
all road regulations .
