- At least nine people, including two children, have died after a train collided with a bus in Triangle, a sugar-producing town in southern Zimbabwe.
- The collision, which occurred at a railway crossing, also left at least 25 others injured.
- According to the National Railways of Zimbabwe, the bus driver failed to stop and check for oncoming trains before crossing the tracks, violating railway safety regulations.
- This incident follows another fatal accident less than a week prior, where a minibus carrying schoolchildren caught fire in central Zimbabwe, killing seven.
- Road crashes are a frequent occurrence in Zimbabwe, with an average of five people killed and 38 injured daily, and a traffic accident happening every 15 minutes.
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Children among nine killed as train and bus crash in Zimbabwe
