In Zimbabwe, 14 people died on the way to the funeral in the collision of a truck with a van. On Thursday, March 9, according to local newspaper the Chronicle.
According to the publication, all crashed, presumably, were members of the same family — they were heading to a funeral in the town of Masvingo. The accident occurred March 8 at about 22:00 local time (23:00 GMT). The cause of the accident was not determined, but, according to eyewitnesses, the truck drove in the ditch, then crashed into a van.
According to the representative of the emergency services and 13 people died on the spot, five survivors were hospitalized. One of them later died in hospital.
In January of this year, lightning killed six people came to the funeral in Zimbabwe. The incident occurred in the province of Matabeleland North West of the country. The villagers gathered to bury the sister of the leader. The storm began, and lightning hit the house. It caught fire, but no one was hurt. The next lightning hit a tree under which the mourners were hiding from the rain.