Twenty people this afternoon escaped death by a whisker after a commuter omnibus they were travelling on from Matopos, veered off the road trying to avoid a head on collision with a taxi, along the Matopos highway.

The accident comes within 48 hours of another kombi crash which killed four people along Bulawayo road in Harare.
In typical Hollywood style, the BUPTA commuter omnibus flew from the main road and landed at a nearby concrete wall, injuring all 18 passengers on board. The other two passengers who were travelling in a taxi sustained injuries, and were all taken to United Bulawayo Hospital for treatment.
ZimEye.com tried to get a comment from the police officers who were at the scene, but they refused referring all questions to the press and liaison office.
According to eye witnesses, the BUPTA Association commuter bus was racing with the unregistered pirate taxis, as is their cat and mouse business of fighting for customers, and lost control of the passenger vehicle injuring all passengers on board.
The commuter bus collided with the taxi in a bid to avoid head on collision before landing at a close concrete wall along the highway.