Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleTriangle train station in Zimbabwe (Google)At least nine people, including two children, have died after a train collided with a bus in Triangle, a sugar-producing town in southern Zimbabwe. The collision, which occurred at a railway crossing, also left at least 25 others injured. According to the National Railways of Zimbabwe, the bus driver failed to stop and check for oncoming trains before crossing the tracks, violating railway safety regulations. This incident follows another fatal accident less than a week prior, where a minibus carrying schoolchildren caught fire in central Zimbabwe, killing seven. Road crashes are a frequent occurrence in Zimbabwe, with an average of five people killed and 38 injured daily, and a traffic accident happening every 15 minutes. In fullChildren among nine killed as train and bus crash in ZimbabweThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Nine dead after bus driver ‘failed to check for oncoming trains’
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleTriangle train station in Zimbabwe (Google)At least nine people, including two children, have died after a train collided with a bus in Triangle, a sugar-producing town in southern Zimbabwe. The collision, which occurred at a railway crossing, also left at least 25 others injured. According to the National Railways of Zimbabwe, the bus driver failed to stop and check for oncoming trains before crossing the tracks, violating railway safety regulations. This incident follows another fatal accident less than a week prior, where a minibus carrying schoolchildren caught fire in central Zimbabwe, killing seven. Road crashes are a frequent occurrence in Zimbabwe, with an average of five people killed and 38 injured daily, and a traffic accident happening every 15 minutes. In fullChildren among nine killed as train and bus crash in ZimbabweThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
