PART 1 – ZimEye brings our valued readers and viewers the latest updates on the Lomagundi road (off Harare) Mercedes benz accident. [ THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY]

ZimEye is reliably told the accident 6.7 km from Westgate Shopping Centre, Harare. (SEE THE SATELLITE MAP BELOW)

The culprit at the centre of the accident is a garden boy working for a BluffHill family who stole the vehicle while the owner had travelled to Victoria Falls. LIVE SATELLITE MAP:

The suspect has worked for the Harare family for over 3 years.

On Sunday morning at around 4 am, the suspect, Zviito Katsveya (42) seized the vehicle after noticing that the owner (name withheld) had travelled to Victoria Falls on Friday.

Impeccable sources described Mr Katsveya as an on the face of it, usually reliable worker who they did not at all expect to do such a thing.

“He was a hard worker, who you would not think can do such a thing,” said one source.

In the wee hours of the morning, Katsveya allegedly stole the car keys, and drove the car out of his boss’s property  – drove it over to the nearby Tom Farm, and took with him two unidentified passengers. He then drove the car away towards Chinhoyi. It is believed that he went to a place called Stapleford. Luck however ran out on him when while driving back to Harare, he lost control of the vehicle.

Evidence at the scene which ZimEye reveals suggests that Katsveya rammed into three trees before crashing onto the last one severely ripping the car’s bonnet off. Due to the impact, the petrol instantly crept out leading to also the fuel spreading all over the grass. As a result a fire broke out.

One of the passengers died at the spot while Mr Katsveya was taken to Parirenyatwa Hospital. ZimEye could not at the time of publishing establish the whereabouts of the other passenger who is believed to be at large.

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