Beitbridge woman dies in freak accident

A WOMAN died on the spot while a man was seriously injured when a small sand-laden old truck ploughed into hitch-hikers in a freak accident at Beitbridge on Thursday.

The injured man was rushed to Beitbridge Hospital, while the body of the woman, returning from a shopping trip in South Africa, was trapped under the truck.

Eyewitnesses said the truck just swerved off the road and crashed into the hitch-hikers, whose groceries were also crashed by the truck which went on to hit three other cars.

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