Zimbabwe police say 47 people died Wednesday in a road traffic accident along the Harare-Mutare highway.
Assistant police commissioner Paul Nyanti says the accident was the result of a collision between two buses. He says it is likely speed or reckless driving might be the cause of the accident.
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At least 47 people were killed in Zimbabwe on Wednesday when two buses collided on a road between the capital Harare and the southeastern town of Rusape, police confirmed to AFP.
"We confirm 47 people have died in a road traffic accident at the 166-kilometre peg along the Harare-Mutare highway," police spokesman Paul Nyathi said.
In a post on Twitter, the state-run Herald newspaper said pictures from the scene were too graphic to post.
Traffic accidents are common in Zimbabwe, where roads are riddled with potholes due to years of underfunding and neglect, but the highway where the accident occurred had been recently resurfaced.
In June last year, 43 people were killed in a bus crash in the north of the country, along the highway leading to neighbouring Zambia.
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