At least 7 dead after minibus collides with fuel tanker in Zimbabwe

HARARE, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) — At least seven people died, and six others were injured after a minibus collided with a fuel tanker Thursday morning in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital, local police confirmed.
Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the accident occurred at around 5 a.m., local time (0300 GMT) when a minibus turned right into Bulawayo Road in front of the oncoming tanker at a traffic-controlled intersection in the high-density suburb of Kuwadzana in Harare’s west.
According to him, the number of passengers aboard the minibus is yet to be known and the identities of those deceased remain to be confirmed by their next of kin.
Nyathi said the bodies of the victims have been taken to a nearby hospital for autopsy while the injured people are being treated at the same health facility.
Investigation into the cause of the accident is still underway. ■