BULAWAYO
–
Eight
Roman
Catholic
churchgoers
died
early
Saturday
morning
when
their
kombi
fell
off
the
Deka
River
Bridge
and
plunged
into
the
water
below
near
Hwange.

National
police
spokesman
Commissioner
Paul
Nyathi
said
the
accident
occurred
at
7AM,
with
the
vehicle
carrying
13
occupants
at
the
time.
Five
survived.

The
victims
were
returning
from
night
prayers
at
St
John’s
Makwa
Mission
when
the
kombi
struck
the
bridge’s
concrete
barriers
and
toppled
over.

The
five
survivors’
conditions
were
not
immediately
known.