ZimEye.com is receiving reports that an untold number of Apostolic Faith Ministries (AFM) church members were on Tuesday afternoon killed and several others seriously injured when their bus bus swerved off on the Mutare – Harare road at the Christmas Pass.
Of the 8 injured passengers about half of them have sustained serious injuries, a source said.
But other sources revealed there was indeed an accident but the claim that people died is not true. A witness, Mr Sydney Barson of the Zim Dialogue Institute told ZimEye.com the claim that 26 people were dead was not true. Other reports even claimed the number was 33.
“There was an accident at the pass but the claim that 26 perished is not true; I am at Mutare Provinial Hospital right now,” he said without going any further.
Witnesses claim that the bus driver lost control due to over speeding.
Meanwhile efforts to obtain a comment from the police hit a snag when cops denied the accident ever happening. Sources at Mutare Provincial Hospital however confirmed that there was indeed an accident and they were attending to casualties. They however could not divulge on the statistics.
ZimEye.com will keep our valued readers informed of developments.