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August 2009 vol 4, National News

Death toll rises to 37 in Zimbabwe road accident

By Staff reporter and agencies   Mon, Aug 03, 2009

HARARE, -- Thirty-seven people died on Sunday when a long-distance bus collided head-on with a lorry 80 km south of Harare on the road to the city of Masvingo

HARARE,  -- Thirty-seven people died on Sunday when a long-distance bus collided head-on with a lorry 80 km south of Harare on the road to the city of Masvingo.

Police spokesman Superintendent Andrew Phiri told Xinhua in a telephone interview that 33 people died on the spot, while another four died later.

The road accident also injured 29 others more.

Phiri said the accident happened around 8 a.m. local time on Sunday when the driver of the bus tried to overtake another vehicle in front of the on-coming lorry.

A passenger who was in the lorry died on the spot while the rest of the dead were from the bus.

By Staff reporter and agencies

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