EIGHTEEN people died during the Easter holidays with police attributing most of the accidents to human error and negligent driving.
Speaking to NewsDay yesterday, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the 18 people died in a space of four days due to negligence by drivers.
He said six people died while five others were injured when a truck side-swiped a Sprinter at the 5km peg along Mvuma-Gweru Road on Sunday evening.
“The bodies of the victims were taken to Mvuma Hospital for post-mortem, while the injured are admitted at the same hospital.
“The truck driver did not stop after the accident and was involved in another accident at the 192km peg along Harare-Masvingo Highway, where the truck veered off the road, resulting in the injury of three passengers who were in the truck. More details will be available in due course,” Nyati said.
He also revealed that 10 people died on Friday after two commuter omnibuses were involved in a head-on collision along the same road.
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In another fatal accident, two people died while two others were injured when a Honda Fit vehicle with four occupants on board veered off the road and landed under the bridge at the 213km peg along the Harare-Masvingo Highway on Sunday at around 11pm.
The bodies of the victims were taken to Mvuma Hospital for post-mortem, while the injured are admitted at the same hospital.