Road deaths escalate

Accident scene along the A1 road PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Accident scene along the A1 road PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Road deaths have been the country’s nightmare for years and this past weekend six people perished in road mishaps, a demonstration that indeed traffic deaths have resurfaced, Mmegi Staff Writer, PINI BOTHOKO observes.

Even though road fatalities occur on several roads around the country, the A1 highway remains the most affected as demonstrated by the police statistics. For years, Batswana have been advocating A1 highway to be a dual carriageway road from Gaborone to Francistown.

Many lives have been lost on the A1 even though government has in the past argued that the size of traffic using the road does not justify the cost of constructing a dual carriageway.

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