5 people perish in Chinhoyi accident

CHINHOYI – Five people, including three Chinhoyi High School pupils, died yesterday morning when a commuter omnibus they were travelling in was involved in an accident. The children were on their way to school.

The accident occurred when the kombi overturned after it was side-swiped by a haulage truck near the Orange Grove Motel turn-off. It was carrying 12 people, including pupils and staff members of Chinhoyi High School.

The bus hit the rear end of the truck’s trailer before overturning and landed on its left side killing four people on the spot. Another pupil died on admission at Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital.

The deceased have been identified as Tanyaradzwa Dutiro (14) a Form 2 pupil, Jack Nyausanga (13) who was in Form 1, Bazilio Mubaya (60) a laboratory assistant, commuter omnibus driver Barnabas Ziriro (31) and another Form 1 pupil Kelvin Maguruza who died on admission at the hospital.