Tractor driver killed in crash

SANYATI — The driver of a tractor overloaded with cotton bales died on the spot after he lost control of the vehicle which veered off the road and crashed into a ditch at the 67km peg along the Patchway-Sanyati road on Wednesday.

Mashonaland West provincial police spokesperson Inspector Clemence Mabgweazara identified the deceased as Stanley Gachichi (age not given) of 543 Gunhill, Sanyati.

He said on July 3 around 7pm, the deceased was driving a Fiat 8066-S tractor carrying 27 cotton bales destined for Sanyati.

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