Govt steps in after horrible road carnage
Providence Moyo
Government has accorded state assisted burial to the 22 victims of a road accident along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge on Tuesday night.
In a condolence message, President Mnangagwa said the fatal accident shook him.
“The death of 22 Zimbabweans in a head-on collision along the Bulawayo- Beitbridge highway on Tuesday night left me horrified and heart- broken. What add to the horror is that this accident comes barely days after two separate similar ones in which nine innocent lives also perished. Zimbabwe does not deserve this at all, let alone such a bloody beginning to this year’s festive season”.
President Mnangagwa urged motorists to be cautious during the festive season to prevent such loses.
“I thus appeal to all motorists to exercise maximum caution on our roads , both for the sake and for the safety of fellow road users who do not deserve a violent end such as we have just witnessed. I direct all arms of government seized with the responsibility of ensuring safety on our roads to work around the clock, and use all means and powers lawfully available to them to reduce if not put an end to such carnage. No efforts should be spared towards ensuring compliance with our traffic rules, in order to avert any more such accidents which invariably leave scores dead and injured “
The 22 died on Tuesday night at the 27 km peg along Bulawayo-Beitbridge road around 10 pm in a head-on collision between a quantum which had 21 people on board and a truck. All quantum passengers perished together with the truck driver.
