Six Learners Killed In Tynwald High School Bus Accident... New Details Emerge

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed a road traffic accident that claimed the lives of six learners from Tynwald High School along the Rusape-Nyanga Road on Friday night.

ZRP Senior Staff Officer (Press and Public Relations), Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi, said the bus the pupils were travelling on veered off the road and overturned at the 75 km peg along Rusape-Nyanga Road near Pine Tree Hotel. Said Asst Comm Nyathi:

The Zimbabwe Republic Police confirms that six students comprising, five girls and a boy, from Tynwald High School, died on 14th October 2022 at 1900 hours when the school bus which was on its way to a trip veered off the road and overturned at the 75 km peg along Rusape-Nyanga Road near Pine Tree Hotel.

The bus driver allegedly failed to negotiate a sharp curve resulting in the bus rolling several times on a steep slope. It then landed on its roof.

Thirty-nine other students and staff members were injured and are admitted at Nyanga District Hospital and Victoria Chitepo Provincial Hospital. The bus had 46 occupants.

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The names of the victims will be released in due course when their next of kin have been advised.

The Zimbabwe Republic Police is conducting investigations with a view of establishing what happened in this sad and unfortunate road traffic accident.