A HARARE tout was killed by a bus at an illegal pick-up point along Sam Nujoma Street on Sunday afternoon, Herald reported.

The illegal bus stop has become a menace to pedestrians, motorists and residents along the stretch of road between Herbert Chitepo and Josiah Tongogara avenues.

The tout, whose name could not be established by the time of going to print, was in his early 20s.

An eyewitnesses told the state controlled publication that the deceased and “his two colleagues jumped into the bus after it was stopped by the traffic lights at corner Herbert Chitepo and Second Street. I would like to believe they were asked to disembark from the bus as the driver did not intend to pick up passengers at the illegal pick up point.”

“The other two men disembarked as the bus was still waiting for the robot to turn green and as the now deceased disembarked from the moving bus, he fell and was crushed.”
Source – Herald