Zimbabwe: Govt Releases Funds for Accident Victims

5 December 2017

Government has released funds for the 21 deceased and 48 people who were injured in a road traffic accident in Tsholotsho on Saturday. A team of 69 health workers was involved in an accident when a Matabeleland North Provincial Malaria Control vehicle they were travelling in failed to negotiate a curve and overturned before landing on its roof in Tsholotsho on Saturday. The accident occurred around 4PM at the 35KM peg along the Tsholotsho-Sipepa Road near Jimila Centre.

The driver of a Nissan UD truck that was travelling to Tsholotsho with 69 passengers on board failed to negotiate a curve and lost control of the vehicle, which veered off to the right and rolled several times before landing on its roof. Fifteen people died on the spot while six others died on admission at Tsholotsho District Hospital.

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