Suicide flop left nursing injuries
A 25 YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man sustained serious injuries after he allegedly threw himself in front of an oncoming car in a suspected suicide attempt following a dispute with his girlfriend, police said yesterday.
The incident, which was confirmed by deputy police spokesperson for Bulawayo Metropolitan province Inspector Abednico Ncube, occurred on Christmas Eve along 12th Avenue near Bulawayo Athletic Club at around 7AM.
The man, identified as Mufaro Mutanda whose address was not given, sustained severe injuries and was rushed to the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) for treatment.
“I can confirm that a 25 year-old man was hit by a car, a Nissan Hardbody driven by Velaphi Ndlovu (48). In fact, the victim is alleged to have had a dispute with his girlfriend resulting in him running towards the road when he spotted the car and he was hit and sustained injuries,” said Insp Ncube.
He said Mutanda was rushed to the UBH and his condition could not be ascertained.
On the same day, an unlicensed driver of a Honda Fit pirate taxi rammed into a commuter omnibus along Hyde Park Road near Patapata Sports Bar in Mpopoma.
The incident occurred at around 6AM. Insp Ncube said the driver of the Honda Fit, Emmanuel Ndlovu (29) has since been arrested on charges of negligence and driving without a licence. The Honda Fit was carrying four passengers and they sustained injuries.
“The driver of the Honda Fit was speeding resulting in him ramming into a kombi. The pirate driver did not have a driver’s licence and is facing charges of negligence and driving without a licence,” he said.
“We continue to urge drivers to be extracautious particularly during the holidays. The accident in Mpopoma was caused by the unruly behaviour of a person who should not have been driving in the first place.”
Insp Ncube urged the travelling public to desist from boarding unregistered vehicles. He also warned motorists against offering lifts to strangers.
“We urge travellers and motorists alike to desist from boarding unregistered cars and similarly motorists should not offer lifts to strangers because that is how they risk losing their vehicles or property,” he said.—@mashnets basis to be clinging to his property, let alone demand a prohibitive release fee per vessel, saying the authority made its own bed when it accepted the $20 fines.
Zimparks in its defence, through its lawyers Coghlan and Welsh Legal Practitioners, said it was justified to impound the vessels and subsequently demanding $2 000 per vessel because the boats’ activities in the Zambezi River sought to frustrate conservation and adherence to ethical fishing.
Zimparks argued that the two vessels were impounded because they were operating in a prohibited area hence they were not in that water lawfully.
On August 26 in 2017 at around 5AM, the two rigs were found fishing at the mouth of Sengwe River, which is a prohibited area by virtue of being a fish breeding zone. Zimparks rangers pounced on Mr Marava’s employees and they fined them $20 each before impounding the two vessels. Mr Marava was ordered to pay $2 000 per rig for their release. —@mashnets