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Six Pupils Perish In Nyanga Bus Accident

Six Pupils Perish In Nyanga Bus Accident

Reports say a bus carrying Tynwald School pupils was involved in a road accident in Juliasdale, Nyanga on Friday evening.

The children were on a school trip. Five pupils are reported to have died on the spot, while one died upon admission to the hospital.

Pictures of an overturned Tynwald School-branded bus have been circulating on social media platforms since Friday evening.

Nyanga South MP, Supa Mandiwanzira, confirmed the accident late on Friday night.

Posting on Twitter, Mandiwanzira expressed gratitude to the Nyanga District Hospital staff for attending to the accident victims. He wrote:

Many thanks to the Nyanga District Hospital staff led by DMO Dr John Muungani attending to [the] victims of a terrible school bus accident in Juliusdale, Nyanga this evening.

Five lost their lives on the spot and one just passed on at the hospital.

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