Sikhala escaped unhurt and was travelling from the capital to Kwekwe where he was scheduled to address delegates at a World Youth Day for Democracy function.
"It was a close shave but I am fine now," he told The Zimbabwean. The former St Mary’s MP said his vehicle hit a pothole before landing in a trench.
"This goes back to the usual concern we have always raised about the poor state of our roads and the need to urgently act upon that," he added.
There is an outcry that despite collecting money at tollgates, the Zimbabwe National Roads Authority has failed to channel the funds towards the resurfacing of major highways which have become a death trap.
During the Easter holiday alone, thirty-three people perished while 332 others were injured in separate road accidents that occurred countrywide.
Several top government officials and dignitaries have died in road accidents over the years, among them Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's wife, Susan Tsvangirai, who died in 2009 in the Beatrice area of.
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