
The Mutindwa Railway Crossing was an accident waiting to happen.
Market stalls are as close as 20 metres from the railway line and it gets worse in the evenings, as more hawkers display their wares nearer to the railway line.
Witnesses said the ill-fated matatu, was playing loud music and the driver ignored directions by a traffic policeman to stop and give way to the train to pass, bulldozing his way to the waiting death trap.
A witness,...