Nine people killed and 52 injured (23-08-07)

By Correspondent
Nine people were killed and 52 others were injured in a collision between a bus and a car in Zimbabwe on Sunday. It was the second major transport accident in less than a week.

The crash occurred in northern Zimbabwe . A passenger bus c


arrying 74 people was on its way to the capital Harare from Mukumbura, on the Mozambican border.


All five people inside the car were killed, as well as four passengers on the bus, according to the radio report.


The injured are being treated at a state-run hospital in the mining town of Bindura , near where the accident occurred.
The latest accident comes only two days after a collision between a freight train and a passenger train in Harare killed one person and injured 83 others.


Zimbabwe is in the middle of a severe transport crisis, with thousands of desperate rail and road commuters struggling to find transport from towns and cities to rural villages ahead of a public holiday here early next week.


The southern African country’s roads are notorious for traffic accidents caused by speeding vehicles, poor driving and lack of vehicle maintenance.

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