Tsvangirai and his wife were involved in a head-on collision. His wife died and he is in a stable condition at the Avenues Clinic in Harare, police confirmed.
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File photo taken shows that Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) President Morgan Tsvangirai leaves the Harare High Court with his wife Susan in this October 15, 2004. |
They were thought to be driving to their rural home in Buhera for the weekend when their vehicle crashed into a lorry near the town of Beatrice.
Tsvangirai is in stable condition at the hospital. The Tsvangirais were married in 1978 and have six children.
President Robert Mugabe was reported to visit Tsvangirai in the hospital. Tsvangirai, 56, was sworn in three weeks ago as prime minister, joining his long-time rival in the joint administration.