Police said a minibus carrying church members to a conference collided head-on with a truck at around 1830 GMT on Friday, killing at least 27 people. The crash occurred on a major highway near Chivhu, a town south of the capital Harare; reports place the site roughly 132–140 kilometres from the capital. Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the foreign-registered truck was overtaking another vehicle when it hit the minibus, which was carrying worshippers from a popular indigenous African Christian denomination known for wearing white robes. Both vehicles were carrying an unknown number of passengers, Nyathi said, and seven people were injured. Footage from state broadcaster ZBC showed the minibus burnt to a shell and the truck on the opposite side of the road.