Posted on 03/07/2009 11:53:21 AM PST by NormsRevenge
HARARE (AFP) – Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was flown to neighbouring Botswana for medical tests on Saturday after being seriously injured in a car crash that killed his wife, his party said.
"I do not know when he will be back, he will undergo a check-up, but he is out of danger now," a spokesman for Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said.
Hours earlier, Tsvangirai -- who suffered neck and head injuries in Friday's crash -- was seen by an AFP reporter walking out of the Avenues Clinic in Harare accompanied by his top allies.
The crash happened as Tsvangirai and his wife Susan, 50, were travelling from Harare to Buhera, their rural hometown where the new prime minister was due to speak at a rally. His wife died at the scene of the crash.
The MDC has vowed to launch its own investigation into the crash although officials have not suggested foul play.
"Police are making their own investigation, we are also making our own," said Finance Minister Tendai Biti, the party number two and Tsvangirai's chief ally.
Biti indicated that the crash could have been avoided if Tsvangirai had been granted a police escort saying, "The authorities could have avoided this omission."
Tsvangirai's car was hit by a truck which crossed into the oncoming lane and side-swiped the prime minister's vehicle, causing it to roll several times, police said.
More details of the truck emerged on Saturday, with a US embassy official in Harare saying it belonged to a US aid agency "partner" for AIDS drugs delivery.
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Zimbabwean Prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai lays in a hospital bed in the Avenues clinic in Harare after he was involved in an accident that clamed the life of his wife. Tsvangirai was flown to neighbouring Botswana for medical tests on Saturday after being seriously injured in a car crash that killed his wife, his party said. (AFP/POOL)
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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe visits Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai in a hospital in Harare in this March 6, 2009 video grab. Mugabe visited Tsvangirai in hospital on Friday after his car crash, a Reuters witness said. Tsvangirai's wife Susan was killed in the accident. A truck coming from the opposite direction veered off the road and headed into Tsvangirai's vehicle, his spokesman said. REUTERS/ZBC via Reuters TV
MugabeCare
Was there a second and third plane loaded with Zimbabwean dollars to pay for them?
Yep! Botswana is the place for medicine! Could be a good alternative for Americans in a few months.~sarc (or weeks the way bhussein is moving his agenda)
Probably sent over during the Bush admin. Bush's fault.
Executive Order, I believe.
No Zim hospital was good enough. A good look at the obama/clinton scheme IMO.
Looks like an old Soviet ploy: assassination by truck.
Saying the police would have made the truck crash unnecessary?
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