Zimbabwe: Train Driver in Heroic Water Bottle Throwing Stunt That Saved Woman From Being Run Over By Locomotive

Zimbabwe: Train Driver in Heroic Water Bottle Throwing Stunt That Saved Woman From Being Run Over By Locomotive

JUST a few metres away from running over an inattentive woman walking on rail tracks, an engineman threw a water bottle that startled her, prompting her to flee with her life.

Water Bottle Saves Mutare Woman from Train Tragedy

A 23-year-old woman from Mutare, Lisa Shumba, came perilously close to losing her life on Saturday, August 2, 2025, in a shocking railway incident that has sparked renewed concern over pedestrian safety near railway lines. Shumba was reportedly walking along active train tracks while wearing earphones, completely oblivious to an oncoming National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) train. The incident occurred near a busy section of track in Mutare, and …

Woman wearing earphones on tracks is saved by train driver’s quick thinking - Zimbabwe News Now

MUTARE – A 23-year-old woman narrowly escaped death on Saturday after she was struck by a train while walking along a railway track in Mutare, wearing earphones and unaware of the oncoming locomotive. The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) said the woman, identified as Lisa Shumba, was walking directly in the train’s path when the alert train driver, realising she could not hear the warning horn, threw a water bottle at her in a desperate attem…