HARARE – A commuter omnibus driver is on the run after he ran over and killed a 13-year-old Grade 7 pupil with his vehicle which he later abandoned at Chitungwiza General Hospital together with the body of his victim.
Police have made an appeal for information on the whereabouts of the fugitive driver who was not named in a post reporting the incident on the law enforcement organisation’s official social media page.
“ZRP Mbare is investigating a hit-and-run fatal road traffic accident in which a Grade 7 learner, 13, died after being hit by an unknown motorist who was driving a Nissan Caravan kombi, registration number AGZ 0118, along New Chitungwiza Road on 15 December 2024 at around 1.52PM.
“The driver dumped the body and kombi at Chitungwiza Hospital and fled to an unknown destination. Anyone with information to report at any nearest police station.”
Police called on motorists to always stop, render first aid and report road traffic accidents to them.
