A 55-YEAR-OLD school headmaster from Marondera died on
Sunday after he fell from an avocado tree he had climbed to get the fruits for
resale.
Cephas Farai Kanyai was pronounced dead upon arrival at
Marondera Provincial Hospital after falling headlong from the fruit tree at his
Cherutombo residence.
Mashonaland East provincial police spokesperson Inspector
Tendai Mwanza confirmed the incident.
“I confirm receiving a report of a man who fell from a tree
and was pronounced dead upon arrival at Marondera Hospital,” he said.
According to the police, on the day, the deceased who was
up in the tree reportedly lost balance, slipped and fell to the ground
headlong. He was rushed to the hospital, but was pronounced dead upon arrival.
Police attended the scene before placing the body at the
hospital mortuary for post-mortem.
Zimbabwe’s under-paid teachers have been crying
incapacitation for quite some time and have threatened a crippling strike
should government fail to pay them in United States dollars.
Most of them were now resorting to informal trading for
survival. Newsday
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