MARONDERA – A police officer was left injured on Sunday after an official vehicle he was driving was hit by a train at a rail level crossing in Marondera on Saturday evening.
According to a post on the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) X handle, the unnamed police officer failed to observe level crossing rules which instruct all drivers to stop and only proceed after establishing there is no train approaching.
“Indications are that the officer was chasing after a fleeing kombi,” NRZ said before urging motorists “including law enforcement agents, to always exercise caution when approaching level crossings and never try to race an approaching train”.
ZimLive could not independently verify if indeed the accident was as a result of the police officer chasing after a kombi.
However, pressure mounts on police operatives to rid the country’s public transport system of unlicenced commuter omnibuses with the ZRP recently launching a blitz on more than 13,500 unregistered kombis and pirate taxis in Harare.
The cat and mouse affair between law enforcement agents and kombi crews has often seen high speed chases within crowded spaces, and in some instances, road traffic accidents happening.
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