HARARE (AFP) - - The wife of Zimbabwe's new Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was killed Friday in a car crash that also left him injured and in hospital, his party said.
The couple was headed to his hometown of Buhera where he was to hold a rally on Saturday, but their car was hit by a freight truck and Susan Tsvangirai died at the scene, party officials said.
"Mrs Tsvangirai died on the spot. The accident happened between 1600 hours (1400 GMT) and 1700 hours but the details are still sketchy," one party official said.
"The driver of the truck appeared to be sleeping. (Tsvangirai) was travelling to his rural home in Buhera where he was due to hold a rally Saturday," an MDC minister told AFP.
Tsvangirai was taken to a private hospital, where he was in stable condition a senior party official said after visiting him.
"He is in a stable condition but on a machine," the official said, but said he did not know what kind of treatment Tsvangirai was receiving.
Another source who had visited him at the hospital said Tsvangirai's head appeared swollen, but doctors had not yet commented on his condition.
Tsvangirai was sworn in three weeks ago as prime minister, joining his long-time rival President Robert Mugabe in a unity government. --AFP
