14 family members of two families have died in a horror crash along the Harare-Nyamapanda highway in Mutoko, Zimbabwe.
Eight of the deceased were from the Rutsito family while 6 were from the Chitimbe family. The other 4 are yet to be identified.
The horrific accident occured on Sunday, December 27, near the Mutoko Business Centre when an Isuzu KB double cab truck belonging to the Rutsito family collided head-on with a BMW in which the Chitimbe family had boarded.
14 people died on the spot while 4 others died from their injuries at Mutoko Hospital.
A member of the Rutsito family in Mutoko, Mr Munyaradzi Kabasa, confirmed that eight members of his family died in the crash.
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Eight members of the Rutsito family, seven from the Chitimbe family and three people, who are still to be identified, died in a horrific road accident Sunday afternoon in Mutoko.
Both families are from Mutoko.
The accident occurred along the Harare-Nyamapanda highway when the Isuzu KB double cab truck belonging to the Rutsito family and travelling towards Murewa, collided head-on with a BMW in which the Chitimbe family had boarded a lift that was travelling towards Mutoko.
Fourteen people died on the spot, while the remainder succumbed to their injuries on admission to Mutoko Hospital.
The director in the Department of Civil Protection Nathan Nkomo said the government will assist in the burial of the deceased.
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