AN unidentified man died on the spot along the Bulawayo-Harare road last night after being run-over by a bus.
The accident happened on the busy highway near Brady Barracks at about 7PM.
The accident victim’s mangled body was run over by several vehicles before military police arrived at the scene. Sam Mahachi of Kurai Transport, the driver of the bus, said the man was missed by another car before he hit him.
“I don’t think he was mentally stable. He was nearly hit by a private car driving in the opposite direction. As he tried to run away from it he ran into my lane and there was nothing I could’ve done,” said Mahachi who was driving from Harare.
When journalists arrived at the scene of the accident at about 7:40PM, the body was still lying in the centre of the road. The news crew saw a vehicle run over the body as there was nothing to show that it was lying on the road.
The car did not stop. Witnesses said it was not the first vehicle to run over the body.
Military police battled to control traffic but did not have enough traffic reflectors to signal motorists.