29 killed in Zimbabwe road accident

HARARE - Twenty-nine people have been killed and 44 others injured when the passenger bus in which they were travelling veered off the road in southern Zimbabwe, a media report said Thursday.

The accident occurred Wednesday night on the Harare-Masvingo highway after the driver lost control of the vehicle when one of the tyres burst, ZBC News said.

Three of the injured died at the Chivhu hospital in the southern Masvingo province, the police said.