Cop knocked down at roadblock

MASVINGO — A traffic police officer was fatally knocked down by a Megalink bus after the driver failed to stop at a police roadblock in Mwenezi on Tuesday.

REPORT BY TATENDA CHITAGU OWN CORRESPONDENT

National police spokesperson Superintendent Andrew Phiri said the accident occurred at the 77km peg along the Masvingo-Beitbridge Highway after the bus driver, Patrick Mufudza, sped through a police checkpoint.

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