{"id":7920,"date":"2024-06-24T10:18:46","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T10:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7920"},"modified":"2024-06-24T10:18:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T10:18:46","slug":"zrp-press-statement-17th-june-2024-update-on-a-fatal-road-traffic-accident-at-the-26-kilometre-peg-along-nyabadza-gandanzara-road-rusape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7920","title":{"rendered":"ZRP PRESS STATEMENT -17TH\u00a0JUNE 2024 : UPDATE ON A FATAL ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AT THE 26 KILOMETRE PEG ALONG NYABADZA\u2013GANDANZARA ROAD, RUSAPE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reference is made to the <strong>Zimbabwe Republic Police<\/strong>\u2019s post on the X platform concerning a \u00a0fatal road traffic accident which occurred at the 26 kilometre peg along Nyabadza-Gandanza Road on <strong>16<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong>\u00a0June 2024<\/strong>\u00a0at around <strong>1900 hours<\/strong>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Zimbabwe Republic Police<\/strong>\u00a0confirms that seven people are suspected to have been burnt beyond recognition whilst ten others were injured when a Pashonlink bus with 65 passengers caught fire.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations by the police have established the bus caught fire after \u00a0some passengers had alerted the driver that smoke was coming out of the engine. As a result, the driver stopped the bus to investigate the source of the smoke. Subsequently, a ball of fire came out of the engine and engulfed the whole bus after the driver had opened the engine cover.<\/p>\n<p>The driver and <strong>58<\/strong>\u00a0passengers managed to escape from the burning bus through the door and emergency exit windows.<\/p>\n<p>Nine injured victims were admitted at Rusape General Hospital and &#8230;. were treated and discharged while one victim was referred to Victoria Chitepo Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Experts are currently at the scene to obtain DNA samples to identify the seven victims. More details will be released in due course.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>(NYATHI. 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