Goods train crushes Beitbridge lovebirds

A Beitbridge man and his lover were yesterday fatally crushed by a goods train on the railway line they had turned into a love nest some 60 kilometres north of Beitbridge along the track to Rutenga.

The man employed by Bitumen World was off duty when he decided to cool off with his lover at a makeshift bedroom on the rail line where the tragedy occurred.

The officer commanding Beitbridge Police District chief superintendent Tichaona Nyongo said he was not in the district and was not aware of the incident.

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