3 Lobels Employees Perish In Road Accident
Three Lobels Limited employees were killed in a road accident along Harare-Chirundu highway today when their delivery truck collided with a haulage truck.
The fatal crash occurred near Karoi River some 15 kilometres from Karoi around 6 am today.
The Herald cited witnesses as saying the haulage truck which was coming from Zambia tried to overtake before colliding with the delivery truck headed towards Karoi.
Police and fire tender from Karoi attended the scene and retrieved the trapped bodies of the deceased.
The bodies were also taken to the Karoi Hospital mortuary.
The driver of the haulage truck was said to have also been taken to Karoi Hospital where he is in stable condition. Police said via a post on Twitter:
The ZRP confirms a [road traffic accident] which occurred today at 184 km peg along Harare-Chirundu Road where a foreign registered truck was involved in a head-on collision with a bakery truck. As a result of the accident, 3 people died on the spot. More details to follow.
