A police officer manning a roadblock on Khami Road in Bulawayo has been run over by a Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) bus.

The bus dragged the female cop for about 30 metres and broke her into pieces.

Police officers who attended the scene initially tried to carry the body to a metal coffin, but due to the impact on the body which had broken into several pieces they could not.

They resorted to laying the coffin by its side and pushing the body into it.

The police also had to cover bloodstains on the tarmac with sand.- State media