THREE FOOTBALLERS KILLED IN ACCIDENT

survived the accident Three football players and a member of the Nembudziya FC technical team have been killed in a road accident. The...

survived the accident

Three football players and a member of the Nembudziya FC technical team have been killed in a road accident.

The lorry they were travelling in ploughed into a herd of cattle in the early hours of yesterday. The Chronicle reports that the three soccer players, whose team plies in the Zifa Midlands Division 2B league, died on the spot while the fourth person is said to have succumbed to injuries sustained in the accident on admission to Gokwe North District Hospital.

The lorry had 45 people on board and 38 people who suffered various degrees of injuries are admitted to Gokwe North District Hospital. Mr Austin Brian Chishanga, the Zifa Midlands chairperson, confirmed the accident which he said happened at around 12:30 am in the Kuwirirana area.
He said Nembudziya FC was returning to Gokwe following a fixture they had fulfilled against BM Academy from Redcliff Town on Saturday afternoon.