{"id":72787,"date":"2023-01-18T18:28:51","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T16:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/police-vow-to-take-action-against-rimbi-tours-zebra-kiss-bus-drivers"},"modified":"2023-01-18T21:06:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T19:06:39","slug":"police-vow-to-take-action-against-rimbi-tours-zebra-kiss-bus-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/police-vow-to-take-action-against-rimbi-tours-zebra-kiss-bus-drivers","title":{"rendered":"Police Vow To Take Action Against Rimbi Tours, Zebra Kiss Bus Drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Police have warned bus companies\u2019 management and the drivers they employ not to endanger the lives of passengers following an accident that involved two buses and a truck along the Harare-Nyamapanda Road on Tuesday, 17 January.<\/p>\n<p>ZRP national spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the drivers of a Rimbi Tours bus and a Zebra Kiss bus were racing when the accident occurred.<\/p>\n<p>One person was killed, while seven others were seriously injured when the Rimbi Bus rammed into the truck as the Zebra Kiss bus was blocking the road during a race. Said Asst Comm Nyathi:<\/p>\n<p>The Zimbabwe Republic Police is investigating a fatal road traffic accident that occurred at the 160 km peg along Harare- Nyamapanda Road on 17th January 2023 at around 1620 hours where one person died on the spot while seven (07) others were seriously injured.<\/p>\n<p>A driver who was driving a Rimbi Tours, Yutong bus due west towards Harare, with 23 passengers on board rammed into the back of a Shacman Tipper which was travelling in the same direction.<\/p>\n<p>The bus driver was trying to overtake the truck whilst being blocked by a Zebra Kiss bus that was travelling in the same direction.<\/p>\n<p>It is clear that the bus drivers were racing and blocking each other along the road. They were openly putting the lives of passengers in danger.<\/p>\n<p>The Zimbabwe Republic Police implores bus operators to reign in their drivers to ensure that they abide by road rules and regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Operators have a vicarious responsibility to control their drivers and ensure that drivers are not dragged into dangerous and reckless highway races with other buses for passengers.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers are licensed to protect lives on the roads and set good conduct in terms of road safety.<\/p>\n<p>The Police will ensure that the law takes its course on the two bus drivers and the bus companies\u2019 management.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Police have warned bus companies\u2019 management and the drivers they employ not to endanger the lives of passengers following an accident that involved two buses and a truck along the Harare-Nyamapanda Road on Tuesday, 17 January. ZRP national spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the drivers of a Rimbi Tours bus and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":72786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[51,1493,2189,8095,4956,5112,13624,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-72787","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"tag-accident","10":"tag-africa-press","11":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","12":"tag-rimbi-tours","13":"tag-road-traffic-accident","14":"tag-rta","15":"tag-zebra-kiss","16":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Police Vow To Take Action Against Rimbi Tours, Zebra Kiss Bus Drivers - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Police have warned bus companies\u2019 management and the drivers they employ not to endanger the lives of passengers followi ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/police-vow-to-take-action-against-rimbi-tours-zebra-kiss-bus-drivers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police Vow To Take Action Against Rimbi Tours, Zebra Kiss Bus Drivers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Police have warned bus companies\u2019 management and the drivers they employ not to endanger the lives of passengers followi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/police-vow-to-take-action-against-rimbi-tours-zebra-kiss-bus-drivers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-18T16:28:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-18T19:06:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674053947.56.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"402\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/police-vow-to-take-action-against-rimbi-tours-zebra-kiss-bus-drivers\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/police-vow-to-take-action-against-rimbi-tours-zebra-kiss-bus-drivers\",\"name\":\"Police Vow To Take Action Against Rimbi Tours, Zebra Kiss Bus Drivers - 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