Vendors Crushed In Mutare After Pungwe Breweries Truck Crashes Into A Bus Terminus

Several vendors are feared dead, while others were terribly injured after a Pungwe Breweries truck crushed them at a bus terminus in Mutare.

The incident happened last night at Sakubva Main Bus Terminus in the Eastern Highlands.

How Pungwe Breweries Crushed Vendors In Mutare At A Bus Terminus

According to reports on social media, the Pungwe Breweries UD delivery truck was passing through the terminus in Sakubva, where vendors were selling their wares at night. The truck allegedly lost its brakes and rammed into the vendors who were on the sides of the road.

ZBC News reported last night that two vendors are feared dead following the accident. However, some witnesses reported that the number rose. People who sustained injuries from the crash were ferried to Victoria Chitepo Provincial Hospital to get treatment.

Videos and pictures circulating online show the truck lying on its side with people trapped and crushed underneath. People at the scene managed to lift the truck so it rested on its wheels before they rescued the vendors who had been trapped.

Watch a video from the scene here.

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The death of the two vendors in Mutare occurred hours after a horrific accident in Harare. Yesterday morning, a kombi turned in front of a fuel tanker at the Kuwadzana 7 turnoff along the Harare-Bulawayo highway, causing a deadly collision.

Five people perished on the spot, while two others died at the Sally Mugabe Hospital, with six others sustaining injuries. The scenes from the accident were tragic, as motorists had to endure the sight of dead bodies strewn all over the road.

ALSO READ: Police Confirm The Ghastly Kuwadzana 7 Turn-Off Accident: Here Is What Happened

Reactions To The Sakubva Accident

People expressed mixed emotions about the Pungwe Breweries truck, which rammed into vendors at Sakubva Main Bus Terminus.

Agnes:

“Rip my sis vashaikira ipapo1“

Nompumelelo:

“I think they must be declared a day of prayer and fasting as a country and fight this spirit, ndava zverudzi urwu hazvingabvi chete asi nekutsanya nekunyengetera kunesimba.“

Paul:

“Something is wrong munyika yedu. Why all these accidents? We can’t keep on losing people like this. We need God intervention.“

Lovemore:

“Zvakaoma mafiro arikuita vanhu nemaaccident ummmm anyanya mwari tibatsirei.“

Trish:

“Ndaona pic ine gumbo remunhu rakagurika😭😭😭”

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