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Security Guard Killed In Freak Swiss Express Bus Accident At Beitbridge Border Post

7 months agoThu, 22 Aug 2024 12:47:16 GMT
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Security Guard Killed In Freak Swiss Express Bus Accident At Beitbridge Border Post

A female security guard was tragically killed at the Beitbridge border post on Wednesday night after being run over by a Swiss Express bus.

According to ZimLive, the bus, which was travelling from Bulawayo to Johannesburg, had parked on the Zimbabwean side of the border to allow passengers to complete passport formalities when it suddenly rolled forward around 7:30 PM.

An eyewitness reported that the bus ran over and dragged the guard, who was manning the boom gate, with its rear wheels. It only came to a stop after colliding with a concrete shade.

It is alleged that the victim remained alive for several minutes, but passersby were unable to assist as no emergency services arrived on the scene. A passenger who was travelling on the bus said:

There was a driver and one male elderly passenger on the bus at the time as everyone had disembarked to get their passports stamped.

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It’s difficult to understand what happened next, some said the bus had complicated air brakes which failed, while others suspected the driver forgot to apply the handbrake and either slept or took his foot off the brake pedal causing the bus to roll forward.

I’m leaning on driver error because the bus was drivable when an officer from the Vehicle Inspection Department moved it from the boom gate.

A recovery truck was used to lift the rear of the bus, enabling police to recover the victim’s body.

The bus has since been impounded by the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) for further investigation, while passengers were transferred to buses from other companies to continue their journey.

Swiss Express is owned by Qhubani Moyo, a Zimbabwean entrepreneur based in Johannesburg.

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21 Comments

Mmmmmmh · 7 months ago
Shame mhan, I think buses trucks should be fitted with beeper in case brakes fail or loosen up, it's so sad a life lost is one life too many MHSRIEP
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maboss · 7 months ago
it might not have been the driver's intentions to run over the guard mechanical faults are common
saint · 7 months ago
Swiss is the one of the best buses so far in southern Africa, Driver must be interrogated heavily.
Sir African · 7 months ago
Help never comes to the poor unless you have a relative in the polutbro.Russia denoted rotten helicopter scraps which are rooting somewhere at a farm.😭😭😭
Voltaire · 7 months ago
How can the driver park the bus without first applying the hand break. That's gross incompetence, he should be charged with culpable homicide
Manchester Munich · 7 months ago
@ oncemore handiti ndiszp news dzacho here idzi
Dj · 7 months ago
zanu soo
Boozer · 7 months ago
Kkkkk Zimbabwean interprenuer in Johannesburg vachekeresa vanhu vaya hanty mozviona.Zanu yazviita zvakare.
mdara_🇿🇼 · 7 months ago
Moyo apinda papi pa negligence of a driver! Zanu Pf yapinda papi pa this incident! Restrain from pointing fingers on innocent people
Si**** · 7 months ago
Vanhu vese vari kufa muzim the main trouble causer izanu pf
mdara_🇿🇼 · 7 months ago
people need to pray and stop pointing at innocent beings
Boozer · 7 months ago
Hapana Moyo wacho anogona kungobhadhara gvt yemuno kut bhazi rake risabatwe,Tisingazive kuti iko kuSA zvinofamba sei panyaya dzakadai
Prof · 7 months ago
Eish,**** happpens,May her soul rest in peace.
Boozer · 7 months ago
Shame,why is it that Buses are just operating without fitness zvakaoma chokwadi
Anonymous · 7 months ago
uuuuumm wazviwana kupi izvozvo iwe

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