Haulage truck carrying cobalt overturns, killing one

One person died, while several others were injured on Monday when a South Africa-bound haulage truck carrying bags of cobalt veered off the road, overturned and landed on its roof at the 60km peg along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road.

Acting Bulawayo chief fire officer Edward Mpofu told Southern Eye that the Zalawi haulage truck was coming from Zambia en route to South Africa carrying bags of cobalt, used to manufacture explosives.

“The truck veered off the road at the 60km peg along the Victoria Falls-Bulawayo Road and landed on its roof, in the process killing one of its security guards.

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