Easter Holiday Bus Crash in Eastern Zimbabwe Takes 35 Lives

Easter Holiday Bus Crash in Eastern Zimbabwe Takes 35 Lives
A map showing the location of the Chimanimani district in Zimbabwe. Google Maps/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
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MUTARE, Zimbabwe—A bus carrying worshippers traveling to an Easter pilgrimage in mountainous eastern Zimbabwe plunged into a gorge, killing 35 people in the early hours of Friday.

The bus was overloaded with 106 passengers and veered off the winding road near Chimanimani and hurtled into a deep ravine, police said. The crash happened near the Chipinge district of Zimbabwe’s eastern Manicaland province, state broadcaster ZBC reported.