13 killed in bus fatality: Travelling from Malawi to Zimbabwe
About 13 people were killed while 18 are battling for their lives after a Zupco bus, travelling from Malawi to Harare, was involved in an accident on Monday night.
There were 25 Malawians of the 42 people on board according to officials of Immigration Department at Mwanza Border post where the bus, registration number SZ 0002, passed.
The bus involved in an accident with a haulage truck at Mtuli Bridge on the 22km peg along the Harare-Nyamapanda highway.
According to a statement from Zimbabwe Police spokesperson Chief Superintendent Paul Nyathi, the bus driver was trying to avoid a collision with the truck when he lost control, resulting in the bus veering off the road and plunging into a ditch.
Nyathi confirmed that 10 people died on the spot while 3 others died on admission to Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare.
The truck driver Wonderful Nyamurambe alleged that he saw a bundle of dumped clothes in the middle of the road and stopped his truck, presuming the bundle was a human being, according to police.
The driver told police he was in reversing his truck to avoid running over the bundle when the bus approached and sideswiped the truck, resulting in the accident.
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