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5-year-old Mutare Girl's Instincts Save Family From Horrific Death

7 months agoSat, 17 Aug 2024 08:52:03 GMT
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5-year-old Mutare Girl's Instincts Save Family From Horrific Death

The Midzi family, living near the roundabout where Robert Mugabe and Kumbirai Kangai (Aerodrome) roads meet, narrowly escaped death on Wednesday when a haulage truck lost its brakes while descending the Christmas Pass slopes and crashed into their home while they slept.

According to The Manica Post, the house was reduced to rubble in this incident, marking the 18th road accident at the property since 2007.

The family now lives in constant fear of a deadly accident, as haulage trucks with brake failures continue to descend the slopes and collide with their home.

The truck, which was transporting lithium to Mozambique, crashed into the property around 1 AM. Remarkably, the previous night, five-year-old Kierra had asked to sleep in the sitting room instead of the main bedroom so she could watch cartoons on television.

Kierra and her mother, Melania Midzi, typically sleep in the main bedroom, which was destroyed in the crash; however, both were in the sitting room at the time, resulting in no injuries.

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Unfortunately, three rooms, including the main bedroom, spare bedroom, and kitchen, sustained significant damage.

In an interview with The Manica Post, Melania stated that they might not have survived had Kierra not insisted on sleeping in the sitting room. She said:

I am still traumatised and shocked. My little daughter is my angel. She insisted that we sleep in the sitting room, otherwise, both of us would have died had I not listened to her.

She said the other bedroom that was destroyed is often shared by her niece, Mary, and their domestic worker, who both were away for the holidays. Said Midzi:

If they had been around, we could have been talking of a different and sad story. Both travelled for the holidays and were supposed to be back on Tuesday, but they did not.

I believe it was God’s miraculous hand that stopped and spared them from this accident. Had things been different, all of us would have perished in our sleep.

I heard the truck making a lot of noise, and immediately knew it was charging towards us. All I could do was pick my little girl from her slumber.

I did not know what to do next, considering the trauma of the 17 previous accidents.

Midzi said they have been petitioning Mutare City Council since 2007 to be relocated, but nothing has materialised to date. She said:

At one time we were told that it was expensive to relocate us. We have written to them on many occasions, and it seems they want to act when someone has died first.

You can imagine the trauma that we have been enduring since 2007 when the first accident occurred. This is the 18th accident, and it’s trauma after trauma.

Midzi’s nephew, Joseph Midzi, who was also under the same roof when the accident occurred, said the truck driver said the vehicle developed brake failure as it descended the steep Christmas Pass slopes. He said:

There were five people in the house, and luckily no one was hurt. The driver sustained minor injuries and was treated and discharged at Victoria Chitepo Provincial Hospital. He has since been taken for questioning by the police.

We are appealing to the authorities to relocate us because we are not safe here. We are also appealing for foodstuffs and other incidentals because our kitchen was destroyed together with the two bedrooms.

We are also afraid that part of the house which remains might give in when the truck is removed.

The Minister of State for Manicaland Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Misheck Mugadza, said that plans for the construction of the Christmas Pass Bypass route are well underway to help prevent accidents like the one that damaged the Midzi home.

John Misi, the Manicaland provincial director for the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works, said the Civil Protection Unit (CPU) will address the family’s immediate needs.

Acting Town Clerk Blessing Chafesuka revealed that the house is now uninhabitable and called for an emergency full council meeting to discuss the best ways to assist the family.

More: Pindula News

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37 Comments

dream tiler · 7 months ago
they should relocate it dangerous pavarikugara apo chasara kutowirwa nemba yacho
fayamanplumbers · 7 months ago
sell and buy or build a strong durahall to cover roadside or put a hip of sand to stop the trucks from crushing the house
Py · 7 months ago
When you pray for the family answers are found responsibility after make you tobe in praying habits. Go where you can get safety GOD gives love upon us.
Jh · 7 months ago
Rural home can be the lasting solution for life. At times you can be driven out of town with a reason so quickly decide and save yourself early
Dhadza · 7 months ago
help to rebuilt or find another safe place?
7@$h!0n · 7 months ago
Haa panga pashaker but...
Captain EJ · 7 months ago
ummmmmmmmm mwari variko hamadxangu uye ngaakudzwe
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Tese · 7 months ago
lithium yakubuda fti munyika
Sir African · 7 months ago
When I moved to Mutare in 1992 I used to stay next door to this house.It terrible.
Sir African · 7 months ago
Thank you.Hope you I also find you well.
Jah🇿🇼Tsvarie-07 · 7 months ago
GOD is gud, he is our yesterday today n now...
Musizvashata Absolute · 7 months ago
it's God's grace led them, however, they must find somewhere to relocate.
wedangwe · 7 months ago
Yaa that little child saved whole family ndokubata kwamwari ikoko chakaita Thanks Almighty
Anonymous · 7 months ago
18 accidents vachingoripo chete? one day chete
jdbdh · 7 months ago
kwana iwe
Sanelisiwe · 7 months ago
City Council only knows to chase vendors not to address crucial needs of people: (1) People died at Cowdry Park and Luveve, and Magwegwe sometime back because of unsafe water from the tape, people ended up making mock coffin of card box and put it at City Council's premises gates (2) The road (Gwanda Road) just after NUST had potholes which caused the death of a family transporting their deceased body for burial at Masvingo, the City Council then patched the pothole after the tragic incident. This all is on record. Now this family is affected, City Council only acts when people have died. The roads in Bulawayo are in shambles, potholes all over and there are boys who try to patch the roads but the Council don't want them to do so but they (City Council) don't want to part the roads. (3) There are burst sewages all over the place in Bulawayo even in the Central Business District (CBD) this is a health hazard. What the useless City Council see are vendors trying to make a decent living because they don't want to steal. The City Council see these vendors as a threat to life not the potholes in our roads, not the burst sewages all over the City. If it were possible they must change the management which doesn't think.
maboss · 7 months ago
immediate action needs to be done otherwise they might die in there one day but glory to god they were they
nyale · 7 months ago
be glory to God 🙏
Apo · 7 months ago
Kubata kwaJehovah kwaonekwa apo. City Council dai yachibatsirawo mhuri iyo as a matter of emergency
??? · 7 months ago
Mmm to God be the Glory.Thanks Kiera for saving the family kutenda Mwari vakakufemera little angel
lootology · 7 months ago
am worried about raw lithium being exported to China whilst we languish in poverty as a nation. we get expensive counterfeit lithium batteries whilst we are one of the biggest lithium producers in the world 🌎
Zer01 · 7 months ago
We thank God sure 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
K · 7 months ago
we thank God
Boydo · 7 months ago
Mwari ngavakudzwe
· 7 months ago
Vachabva pamba ipapo vari mucoffin , kuzungaira rudzii kwakadero vanhu vanopotswa nerufu ka17 vachiramba vakat vavava
🙄🙄Dzvondooo · 7 months ago
That's God and it is terrible and horrible,Vana vadiki havadi kupikiswa kana vakataura zvinhu zvamusinganzwisise imi vakuru, idai kuziva kuti ndidzo ngirozi dzedu nemasvikiro emweya mutsvene nekuti vana vadiki havasati vaziva chinonzi kutadza so ngativaterere chero dai taronga rwendo kana mwana akti ngatisaenda nhasi regedzai kumukakavadza garai marega kufamba zuva iroro ini zvakamboitika kwandiri mwana wangu ane 3 years anditi dady nhasi musaenda kubasa ska ndakangoti kutaura kwemwana ndokuenda zvangu kubasa,around 11pm towards the new day ndiri pabasa steam pipe yakaputika and l was not aware for anything to happen,maparticles epipe riye rakauya ndokubva rapfuura nepaside pangu rakaita seBullet at an unexplained speed zvekut raifanira kundirova ndichifira ipapo so young children vanoda kuteererwawo
Oncemore · 7 months ago
Do we still export lithium
· 7 months ago
More than 100 Mota dznobuda nelithium per day
dj TECH 🇿🇼 · 7 months ago
we export everything ! even what we need and r in short supply of,kubva kuzesa,mvura,gold, lithium,diamonds,cooking oil,dunhill cigarettes aya emundege akanz from London nezvimwe👆
Sadc chairman · 7 months ago
Well done our gallant daughter,, will present a silver cross on our next heroes day celebration
correct · 7 months ago
minor injuries in this sort of accident , God is thre shuwa
Jojo · 7 months ago
18 accidents on the same house yoh!!! they should just vacate that residence or they ll perish

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