TWO Gweru socialites died in a horrific road accident after a vehicle they were travelling in
rammed a haulage truck’s trailer. Tinashe Wena (30), an operations manager at Larochell Quarry and his friend John dos Santos (34) were in a Mazda 3 that rammed a haulage truck which was reversing from Zuva service station along Robert Mugabe way at around 5AM on Saturday.
The two friends were coming from a popular night spot in Gweru when the accident occurred.
Tianshe Wena and Dos Santos are said to have been friends to the late Alistair Shingirai Mukosera,
another Gweru socialite who died in April in an accident as he was coming from a party.
Acting Midlands police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Ethel Mukwende conrmed
the accident.“
I can confirm that there was an accident that happened on Saturday morning involving a Mazda 3 and a haulage truck. The light vehicle crashed under the trailer of a haulage truck trapping the two occupants who died on the spot,” said Asst Insp Mukwende