Carelessness, not juju, devouring citizens
(Picture credit: The Manica Post) By Lazarus Sauti A solemn atmosphere engulfed Rusape when a horrendous traffic accident involving a Smart Express coach and a Bolt Cutter bus devoured 46 lives near Torish Farm just after the Rusape tollgate last year. The accident occurred at the 166km peg along the Harare-Mutare highway near Rusape around 1730hrs on a stretch of the road where overtaking is clearly prohibited. Smart Express bus was overtaking two heavy trucks going to Harare and side-swiped the oncoming Bolt Cutter bus. After failing to negotiate over the continuous prohibition line, the driver hit a tree with a huge impact. This was not the first traffic disaster involving Smart Express buses since the beginning of 2018. In September 2018, for instance, one of the company’s buses was involved in a grisly accident which killed one person and left 11 others fatally injured along Mutare-Masvingo highway.