By Promise Dube
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has accorded a state-assisted funeral to the victims of the horrific head-on collision which claimed the lives of 22 people on Tuesday evening.
The tragic accident, which involved a Toyota Quantum minibus and a truck, left 22 people dead and two others seriously injured.
“Government will, weigh by according victims of this horrendous crash State-assisted burial,” Mnangagwa said in a statement.
“As I express my deepest, heartfelt condolences to families and relatives who have lost their loved ones in this deadly crash, my heart goes out to all those injured and still hospitalised, praying that theirs will be a speedy recovery”.
President Mnangagwa said the fatal crash “left me horrified and heart-broken” as he appealed “to all motorists to exercise maximum caution on our roads, both for their sake and for the safety of fellow road users who do not deserve a violent end such as we have just witnessed”.
He also directed “all arms of Government seized with the responsibility of ensuring safety on our roads” to end road carnage.
“No effort should be spared towards ensuring compliance with our traffic rules, in order to avert any more such accidents which invariably leave scores dead and injured,” he added.
The president also implored motorists to develop a new road culture “which is founded on responsible, safety-conscious and law-abiding behaviour”.
“We owe one another no less”.
