BY BHEKIMPILO WEZA
Four villagers from the Chief Mvuthu area on the outskirts of Victoria Falls are lucky to be alive after a vehicle they were travelling in overturned when the driver lost control while overtaking a motorbike on Sunday.
The victims, three from Kachechete Village and a teacher from Chidobe Secondary School suffered minor injuries after their Toyota Noah overturned close to Chidobe Primary School.
The four were rushed to Victoria Falls Hospital for treatment where they were later discharged.
One of the survivors, Melusi Ndlovu, narrated their near-death experience in an interview with VicFallsLive.
“It happened so quickly, but what I observed was that the driver was trying to overtake the motorbike at a high speed,” Ndlovu said.
“Before the accident we had jokingly asked him if he wanted to kill us.
“Shortly afterwards he applied emergency brakes and we were thrown out of the car into the bush.
“The car landed on its roof, but we thank God we survived.”
According to eyewitnesses, the driver of the Toyota Noah was speeding.
“I saw it driving past at a high speed and in the blink of an eye l heard people screaming for help,” he said.
“The motorbike was moving at a fast speed as well and upon realising that he could not overtake it, he decided to move back to his lane and that’s when he swerved to the bush,” another witness added.
The three were going for a braai at Lupinyo Business Centre while the teacher was a passenger who asked for a lift.
Matabeleland North police said they had not received a report of the accident by Tuesday.
The wreckage of the car is said to have been taken to the Vehicle Inspection Department’s Victoria Falls depot.