One person was killed and seven others injured on Monday morning when a train and a bus collided at a railway crossing in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, police have confirmed.
In a statement on X, formerly Twitter, the police said the accident happened around 4:30 a.m. (0230 GMT)
“A bus with 66 passengers on board was hit by a train after the bus driver failed to stop at the railway crossing. Subsequently, one person died on the spot and seven others were injured,” the police added.
The accident happened just over a week after nine passengers were killed on a bus that caught fire just outside the small town of Rusape in Manicaland Province.
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