{"id":8336,"date":"2025-07-24T09:30:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T09:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8336"},"modified":"2025-07-24T09:33:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T09:33:10","slug":"press-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8336","title":{"rendered":"PRESS STATEMENT\u00a0:\u00a023RD JULY 2025 &#8211; UPDATE ON FATAL ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AT HUNYANI BRIDGE ALONG SEKE ROAD, CHITUNGWIZA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reference is made to the <strong>Zimbabwe Republic Police<\/strong>&#8216;s press statement regarding the fatal road accident involving a haulage truck and a kombi which occurred on <strong>22<sup>nd<\/sup> July 2025<\/strong> at Hunyani Bridge along Seke Road, Chitungwiza.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Zimbabwe Republic Police<\/strong> releases the names of the <strong>17<\/strong> victims who were identified by their next of kin as listed:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tatenda SILIA (25)<\/strong>, a male adult of Rockview West, Zengeza 5 Extension, Chitungwiza (kombi driver),<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wishby NGANIMA (19), <\/strong>a male adult of Nyatsime, Chitungwiza,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Letwin HWINGWIRI (52)<\/strong>, a\u00a0 female adult of\u00a0 St John\u2019s Bhora, Murehwa,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Frederick JUMO (39)<\/strong>, a male adult of Stoneridge, Harare,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Shantel JERE (03)<\/strong>, a female infant of St Mary\u2019s, Chitungwiza,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rainford JERE (29)<\/strong>, a male adult of \u00a0St Marys, Chitungwiza,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Prodigas MUGERE (37)<\/strong>, a male adult of \u00a0St Mary\u2019s, Chitungwiza,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tatenda DHOKWANI (25), <\/strong>a male adult of Damafalls, Ruwa,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Samantha TADERERA (27),<\/strong> a female adult of \u00a0Zimre Park, Harare,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sheilla NEMASANGO (58),<\/strong> a female adult of Nyatsime, Chitungwiza,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Samantha<\/strong> <strong>NYANGANI<\/strong> <strong>(32),<\/strong> a female adult of\u00a0 Unit P, Seke, Chitungwiza,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Emma<\/strong> <strong>MATARE (32),<\/strong> a female adult of Stoneridge, Harare,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Joshua<\/strong> <strong>GUTSA<\/strong> <strong>(07),<\/strong> a male juvenille of Stoneridge, Harare,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Perpetua<\/strong> <strong>KURWA<\/strong> <strong>(35),<\/strong> a female adult of Stoneridge, Harare,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Anyway<\/strong> <strong>MAGUDURU<\/strong> <strong>(26),<\/strong> a male adult of \u00a0Manyame Park, Chitungwiza,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Talent<\/strong> <strong>HWINGWIRI<\/strong> <strong>(18),<\/strong> a male adult of St John\u2019s Bhora, Mrehwa,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mary<\/strong> <strong>NYAMBIRI (63),<\/strong> a female adult of \u00a0St Mary\u2019s, Chitungwiza.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <strong>Zimbabwe Republic Police <\/strong>expresses condolences to the bereaved families. Meanwhile, the Police is conducting comprehensive investigations to determine the causes of the accident. Motorists are urged to be safety conscious while driving on the country\u2019s roads. Above all, vehicles should be regularly serviced and checked to address mechanical issues for road safety.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(NYATHI. P)<\/strong> Commissioner<\/p>\n<p>Chief Staff Officer <strong>(Press and Public Relations)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To the <strong>Commissioner-General of Police<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Police General Headquarters<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reference is made to the Zimbabwe Republic Police&#8216;s press statement regarding the fatal road accident involving a haulage truck and a kombi which occurred on 22nd July 2025 at Hunyani Bridge along Seke Road, Chitungwiza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[188],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-statements"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PRESS STATEMENT\u00a0:\u00a023RD JULY 2025 - UPDATE ON FATAL ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AT HUNYANI BRIDGE ALONG SEKE ROAD, CHITUNGWIZA - Zimbabwe Republic Police<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8336\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PRESS STATEMENT\u00a0:\u00a023RD JULY 2025 - UPDATE ON FATAL ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AT HUNYANI BRIDGE ALONG SEKE ROAD, CHITUNGWIZA - Zimbabwe Republic Police\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Reference is made to the Zimbabwe Republic Police&#8216;s press statement regarding the fatal road accident involving a haulage truck and a kombi which occurred on 22nd July 2025 at Hunyani Bridge along Seke Road, Chitungwiza.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8336\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zimbabwe Republic Police\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-24T09:30:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-24T09:33:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"zrpadm1n zrpadm1n\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"zrpadm1n zrpadm1n\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8336\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8336\",\"name\":\"PRESS STATEMENT\u00a0:\u00a023RD JULY 2025 - UPDATE ON FATAL ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AT HUNYANI BRIDGE ALONG SEKE ROAD, CHITUNGWIZA - Zimbabwe Republic Police\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-24T09:30:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-24T09:33:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#\/schema\/person\/d81a69846c6967caf1827072f6f8de18\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8336#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8336\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8336#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"PRESS STATEMENT\u00a0:\u00a023RD JULY 2025 &#8211; 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