The driver of a Botswana registered bus, Jay-Jay Tours, reportedly lost control at a curve on a morning marked by heavy showers and veered off the road, killing 8 people on the spot.
The injured were rushed to United Bulawayo Hospital.
The bus was on its way from Botswana to Harare.
When The Zimbabwean visited the accident scene, police and fire brigade officers were busy retrieving bodies from the bus wreckage while ambulances were ferrying the injured to hospital.
Bulawayo Provincial police spokesperson Mandlenkosi Moyo said: “This is what happened and it’s so sad we continue to lose lives on the roads.”
The bus accident comes after over 200 people have already died on the roads during the festive season.
Hundreds of Zimbabweans including some senior government leaders have perished in road accidents that experts have largely blamed on the poor state of roads and human error.
Statistics from the Zimbabwe Traffic Police show that road accident fatalities have increases from 35 deaths per thousand accidents to 45 deaths per thousand accidents.
According to the Ministry of Transport, 30 percent of the country’s roads require rehabilitation, while the remainder needs periodic maintenance.
Zimbabwe introduced tollgates in August 2009 as a way of mobilising resources for the rehabilitation and maintenance of the country’s road network, but not much has been achieved so far.
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