{"id":6683,"date":"2024-12-09T15:37:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T15:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=6683"},"modified":"2024-12-09T15:37:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T15:37:55","slug":"tragic-crash-claims-seven-lives-on-harare-bulawayo-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=6683","title":{"rendered":"Tragic Crash Claims Seven Lives on Harare-Bulawayo Road"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Harare Correspondent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GWERU \u2013 In a tragic incident early Sunday morning, seven individuals lost their lives when an Inter Africa bus collided with a stationary truck at the 330-kilometer marker along the Harare-Bulawayo Road, as confirmed by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crash occurred at approximately 3:30 a.m., leading to immediate emergency responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The injured were swiftly transported to Gweru Provincial Hospital, where they are currently receiving medical treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the bodies of the deceased have been taken to the hospital mortuary for identification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The community has been shaken by this devastating accident,&#8221; a police spokesperson stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Our investigations are ongoing, and we are working to establish the exact number of injured victims.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In light of the tragic event, the ZRP has issued a stern warning regarding highway looting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We urge communities along highways to remember that looting goods from accident scenes and taking them for personal use, sale, or any other purpose is a serious crime,&#8221; the police emphasized in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the investigation continues, authorities are calling for respect and caution on the roads to prevent further tragedies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBC News\u00a92024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harare Correspondent GWERU \u2013 In a tragic incident early Sunday morning, seven individuals lost their lives when an Inter Africa bus collided with a stationary truck at the 330-kilometer marker&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6683","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\/6683","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=6683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6685,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6683\/revisions\/6685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}