A STORY CIRCULATING on social network Whatsapp that a Maranatha school bus was Tuesday afternoon involved in an accident “40 minutes ago” and  17 children died on spot, has been dismissed by the school administration.
The accident was said to have occurred at a location between Westgate & Westlea, between Cotswold Hills and Ashdown Park.
There are two Maranatha schools in the Mabelreign area, and the largest one dismissed the report as they also confidently declared that it could neither have happened for the other one which is called Maranatha Preparatory school.
When contacted, a school administrator at the school which is near Kirkman, along Harare Drive told ZimEye.com there is no truth in the rumour. “I am afraid it is not true,” she said.
She also added saying she was on Tuesday afternoon being harassed by telephone calls from parents seeking out on the school children.
“All our buses are safely back at the school and are parked at the parking bay,” she said.
Of the other school, the Maranatha Preparatory School  she said the accident could not have happened because that school does not have a bus, as she suggested that the small kombi they possess would not accommodate 17 children.
ZimEye.com failed to obtain a comment from the Preparatory School since their numbers could not be found in the telephone directory.
More to follow as the events unravel