Eighteen people died and 43 were injured early on Tuesday when a truck carrying mourners crashed into a tree in western Zimbabwe, a police spokesperson told Agence France-Presse.
”Eighteen people were killed on the spot after the truck they were travelling in veered off the road and hit a tree … along the Harare-Chirundu highway,” police inspector Andrew Phiri said.
The truck was carrying mourners going to the town of Majunge for a funeral, he said.
The accident is the latest in a string of road disasters, which have killed at least 40 people in the past month.
The Zimbabwean government last month mooted tougher road regulations to ensure all drivers obey traffic rules.
Under the proposed regulations, drivers involved in an accident would have their licences suspended for six months on the first offence. A second offence within five years would lead to a life ban. — AFP
