{"id":5292,"date":"2024-10-22T07:33:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T07:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=5292"},"modified":"2024-10-22T07:33:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T07:33:13","slug":"bus-and-train-collision-in-harare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=5292","title":{"rendered":"Bus and Train Collision in Harare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Harare Correspondent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A bus collided with a train at a railway crossing along Lytton Road in Harare, resulting in the bus crashing into several cars. The incident occurred at the Paisley Road level crossing, a location known for its history of accidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Details of the Accident:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The impact of the collision was significant enough to push the bus out of its lane, causing it to ram into four other vehicles traveling along Paisley Road.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A smaller Toyota Runx became trapped under the heavy bus as a result of the crash.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fortunately, reports indicate that there were no casualties from this incident, which is a relief given the severity of the collision.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This railway crossing has been a site of previous accidents; just last June, a similar incident resulted in one fatality when a goods train collided with a bus after the driver failed to stop at the crossing. Additionally, shortly after that, a school bus accident involving a goods train in Mutare left 12 students injured due to the driver attempting to beat the train to the crossing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public Reaction<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recent collision has sparked concern and discussion on social media. Here are some reactions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Snoochie commented on the disregard for stop signs at crossings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Qinn humorously noted that trains do not wait for anyone.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nate expressed surprise at the existence of trains in Zimbabwe.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kruger pointed out the bus driver&#8217;s responsibility to stop at the railway crossing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This incident highlights ongoing safety concerns at railway crossings in the area, prompting calls for better adherence to traffic rules and increased awareness among drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBC News\u00a92024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harare Correspondent A bus collided with a train at a railway crossing along Lytton Road in Harare, resulting in the bus crashing into several cars. The incident occurred at the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment-and-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5294,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5292\/revisions\/5294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}