By A Correspondent| A top Zimbabwe Electoral Commission boss has been killed in a horrific car accident and was carried off to Mvuma Hospital a dead man.

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The accident happened about 8 km from Mvuma.

Mr Syprian Chipere, 52, who is the ZEC’s top official in the Midlands province, ZimEye can reveal, was killed today Thursday after his car suddenly veered off the road on its own with him on the steering wheel. SEE PICTURE

The full circumstances of the accident could not be established at the time of writing. While an official police report was not available, ZimEye can reveal, the man died on the spot.

Sources close to the investigation told ZimEye the man could have slept on the wheel.

“He must have slept because his car vered off the road on its own,” one impeccable source at the scene said.

Mr Chipere was carried off a dead man, to Mvuma Hospital while in a ZEC vehicle belonging to the District head, a Toyota Hilux owned by one, Mrs Dzimiri.

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