1 dead, 23 injured as bus heading to Mugabe birthday overturns

One person died while 23 others were injured when bus owned by Masvingo Urban MP Daniel Shumba overturned at Mbalabala, on its way to Victoria Falls for president Robert Mugabe’s birthday bash.

The accident occurred just before Mbalabala along Bulawayo- Masvingo road when the driver lost control of the vehicle and it overturned.

This is not the first time that Zanu PF supporters have been involved in an accident on the way to party functions.

In an interview with Nehanda Radio, Shumba said he was devastated by the accident.

“My constituency had sent its members to Victoria Falls and they were involved in an accident,” Shumba said.

“I do not have details of what happened but I heard the bus driver died on the spot while three are very critical.”

In 2013 eight people died, seven on the spot while 57 were seriously injured when a Nissan UD truck they were travelling in to a Zanu-PF rally overturned thrice at the 23km peg along the Bulawayo-Nyamandlovu Road.