BEITBRIDGE – A woman was killed at the Beitbridge border post after being runover by a Swiss Express bus.
The bus travelling from Bulawayo to Johannesburg had parked on the Zimbabwe side of the border to allow passengers to complete passport formalities when it suddenly rolled forward at around 7.30PM, a witness said.
The bus ran over and dragged a security guard who was manning the boom-gate with its rear wheels before coming to a stop after also colliding with a shade made of concrete.
The accident victim was alive for several minutes but people watched helplessly until she died, with no emergency services in sight.
