The accident involving two overloaded Honda Fit vehicles along Ruwazi-Igava Road in Marondera has outraged members of the public with some saying the Zimbabwe Republic Police was sleeping on duty.
A police report published earlier by Pindula News noted that the road traffic accident occurred on 23 January 2023 at the 4 km peg along Ruwazi–Igava Road, Marondera.
Two people died on the spot while 15 others were injured when a Honda Fit with eight passengers on board was involved in a head-on collision with another Honda Fit vehicle with nine passengers on board.
The bodies of the victims were taken to Marondera Provincial Hospital mortuary for post-mortem whilst the injured were admitted at the same hospital.
ZRP spokesperson in Mashonaland East Province Inspector Simon Chazovachiyi identified the deceased as Akisha Madziwa (6), from Yellow City, and Ashy James (13) also from Yellow City in Marondera.
Inspector Chazovachiyi said the two died on the spot after sustaining head injuries.
We present below some of the responses to the accident:
Sawara @LdDutch:
How do they pass through your blocks…
Extraterrestrial@jnrbeey:
Overtaking is occasionally the showing off of the car’s performance, and is usually the showing of the driver’s impatience.
Mmmp @Mmmp57481935:
I thnk it was also important for you to mention in your report that most of the passengers in the other honda fit were school kids in uniforms.
Tendy @MizTendy:
Munokwana vanhu vangani muHondaFit (how many people can a Honda Fit carry?)
HUSTLER BOSS @NyceRyl:
even 10
Colonel Von Strohm @JohnMoyo:
you guys are complicit in all these accidents involving Honda Fits!
MAKWIRAMITIOG @makwiramitiog1:
ZRP why do Honda Fit with 9 passengers pass Police roadblocks every day?
Mr_kays @Mr_Okays:
It’s a rural road out of Marondera. You can’t have roadblocks there. They’ll see 2 cars per day