By Panashe Hamudiwamwe
A female police officer manning a road block along the Harare-Mutare highway, died Monday after a wheel accidentally dislodged from a moving truck and hit her as she stood by the roadside.
Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the police officer died upon admission at the hospital.
“The ZRP confirms the unfortunate death of a Police officer at the 51 kilometre peg along Harare-Mutare Road when a haulage truck registration number ACZ 3265, owned by Shereni Transport, dislodged a trailer wheel.
“The wheel hit the female police officer who was standing on the left side of the road. She passed on, on admission at Borrowadale Hospital,” Nyathi said.
