Fatal Crash Was Deliberate
Zimbabwe’s prime minister believes the truck driver that struck his car, killing his wife, deliberately drove toward them.
Morgan Tsvangirai left hospital Saturday, a day after his wife, Susan, was killed in the accident, officials said.
The couple, who were married in 1978, have six children.
The crash, on a two-lane highway between Tsvangirai’s hometown Buhera and the capital Harare, comes only weeks after the start of a power-sharing agreement between Tsvangirai and his political rival, President Robert Mugabe.
Tsvangirai’s political party, the Movement for Democratic Change, said Friday that it was too early to tell whether the crash was anything other than an accident.
But on Saturday, MDC members told CNN that Tsvangirai thought the crash was deliberate.
Tendai Biti, the MDC secretary-general, speaking during a tearful press conference, said Tsvangirai should have had better security.
Police escort would have warned oncoming vehicles of a VIP arriving. I think authorities must understand the omission.
“We hope that this omission will be rectified, that the prime minister must be given the protection that ought to be accorded to a prime minister.”
