17yo Bus Driver Runs Over Mbare 7yo Pupil
Mbare residents still in shock
A 17-year-old Mbare boy who was driving a bus with one passenger on board struck and killed a 7-year-old boy on Monday in the same suburb.
The now-deceased boy was playing football with friends along a street in the high-density suburb.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) revealed the tragic incident Tuesday via their official Twitter page but did not give further details on it. Police said:
Police in Harare are investigating a fatal road traffic accident in which an AVM DAF bus, with one passenger on board and being driven by a teenager (17) hit a boy (7) who was playing soccer on the extreme left side of Harare Street near Gwinyai Primary School, Mbare on 05/12/22. The victim died on the spot.
In an unrelated incident, 6 people died while 9 others were injured when a truck rammed into a commuter omnibus along the Kwekwe-Gokwe Highway on Sunday afternoon.
5 people who were aboard the Kwekwe-bound Nissan Caravan died on the spot while another one died upon admission at Kwekwe General Hospital.
