Correspondent|SIX people died on the spot when a truck they were travelling in veered off the road along the Masvingo-Beitbridge Road and hit a tree before exploding into a ball of flames.

The pick-up truck, which had just left the Beitbridge Border Post, veered off the road, hit a tree and exploded, burning all the six beyond recognition.

Two of the deceased are believed to be children.

“We have received information on that accident where six people died, but details are still sketchy. Police are on the ground,” Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Chief Inspector Philisani Ndebele said from Gwanda.

Sources said the car had just left the border post when the accident happened.

“All six were burnt beyond recognition and their remains were taken to Beitbridge Hospital mortuary,” a source said.
The accident occurred at the 259-kilometre peg along the Masvingo-Beitbridge Highway.