Edwin Moyo
Gweru-A 24 year old man went missing when a truck he was driving got trapped after a mine collapsed. The accident occurred at Hunan Xinyu Mine near Connemara, Gweru on 17 December 2024 at around 0930 hours.
Midlands Provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed the incident and said investigations are still underway.
“The rescue team managed to pump out the water and the truck using excavators. The driver was not located. Efforts are still underway searching for the driver Walter Murevachimwe.” Mahoko said.
Circumstances are that the missing Murevachimwe a resident of Ngezi in Kadoma was employed by Hunan Xinyu Mining as a driver.
On the fateful day Murevachimwe was on duty driving a Tipper Truck. As he was reversing the truck, intending to load gold ore, the mine suddenly collapsed and the Tipper truck sunk into the mine shaft saturated with water.
Police attended the scene together with a team from the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development from Gweru. They discovered that the truck had sunk in the mine shaft and was covered with muddy water.
