Two employee truckers of Zambezi Gas and Coal Mine are battling for life in hospital after the tipper trucks they were driving collided head-on in Entuba Siding mining area.
The two drivers, Andile Gula and Bekithemba Moyo both of Hwange were immediately driven to a local colliery hospital with lacerations on the hands and each a fractured leg respectively.
Poor visibility as a result of dust was cited as the cause for the accident which occurred Tuesday mid-morning.
In a police memo, Gula, who lost control of the tipper truck resulting in it veering to the lane, is being charged for contravening the country’s Road Traffic Act.
A police statement reads “… on the 9th day of March at 11:30am a serious road accident occurred at Zambezi Gas Entuba Siding. Both Gula and Moyo were driving Scania tipper trucks going the opposite direction to each other. On approaching Entuba siding, Gula’s visibility was blurred by dust and he lost control and veered off resulting in collision”.
Moyo was trapped in the truck and was rescued by the mining company’s rescue team. Police who arrived the accident scene established that Gula was at fault and charged him with negligent driving.