The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed a tragic road traffic accident in which a toddler, just one year and three months old, was killed.
The child was run over by a reversing Honda Fit vehicle in the yard of a house in Maridale, Norton, on September 23, 2024, around 3:10 PM.
Police said the child sustained head injuries and was pronounced dead upon arrival at a local hospital in Norton. Reads a Police statement:
The ZRP confirms a fatal road traffic accident in which a toddler (1 year three months) died after being run over by a Honda Fit vehicle which was reversing at the yard at a house at Maridale, Norton on 23/09/24 at around 1510 hours. The victim sustained head injuries and died upon admission at a local hospital in Norton.
In a separate incident, an unidentified man died after being struck by a vehicle along the Harare–Mutare Road near the Mutare ZINWA water tanks on Sunday morning.
Police said that the victim was involved in an apparent hit-and-run at around 5 AM, near the 260-kilometre peg on the Harare–Mutare Road. The motorist did not stop after the accident.
The victim’s body was taken to Victoria Chitepo Provincial Hospital for a post-mortem. Police are appealing for information that may help identify the victim and the motorist involved in this incident.
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