FOUR banana farmers died on the spot in Nyanga on Sunday
morning when a vehicle they were travelling in plunged into Nyamahwani River.
The farmers were on their way to sell their produce in
Nyanga and Mutare. Manicaland provincial police spokesperson Inspector
Tavhiringwa Kakohwa told NewsDay yesterday that the accident occurred 30km from
Mutare.
Kakohwa said the lorry was carrying 15 passengers and eight
were injured. He said Daiton Mudzingwa, who was driving a Nissan UD truck was
carrying bananas and bundles of sugarcane and 15 passengers, but on a steep
climb failed to engage a proper
gear, resulting in the lorry rolling backwards before
plunging into the river at Selborne.
Names of the deceased have not yet been released because
the police are yet to notify their next of kin.
In another incident, a Nyazura man fell into a disused mine
shaft in Odzi on Saturday while trying to rescue his goat.
Kakohwa said Simon Mangezi (31), an employee at Progressive
Gold Mine on Saturday tried to rescue his goat which had fallen into an
abandoned mineshaft in Odzi.
Mangezi, with the help of Rhinos Dhongire (34), decided to
go down the shaft with the aid of a rope.
However, the rope slipped from Dhongire’s hands and the
deceased fell into the shaft headlong and died on the spot. Newsday
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