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(NEWZIMBABWE) Zim man dies in freak Canada farm accident

Zim man dies in freak Canada farm accident
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31/07/2009 00:00:00

A ZIMBABWEAN man has died in a farming accident in Canada. Asher Mutsengi, owner of online news website ZimbabweMetro.com, “drowned in a wheat bin and was suffocated by the grain he was shovelling”, according to a message posted by his friend Rodger Savory on the website.

He was in his late 20s, friends said. The accident is said to have happened on July 27 in the grassland province of Saskatchewan.

“Asher died … doing what he loved to do -- working on the land, learning skills he hoped to take back home one day,” Savory wrote, describing the incident as a “terrible accident”.

“He is to be buried back home in Gutu as soon as travel arrangements can be made. He is being mourned by all who met him and worked with him who all say they miss his contagious smile and friendliness. He was a great ambassador for Zimbabwe.”

In his last status update at 1746hrs on July 27 on the social networking site, Facebook, Mutsengi wrote: “(Asher Mutsengi) likes eating fresh fruits.”

Six days earlier, on July 21, he made a bizarre entry at 0828hrs which said: “(Asher Mutsengi) is going to hell, who's coming with me?”

Friends paid their tributes. Loveness Sibanda said on his Facebook ‘Wall’: “Rest in peace Asher, it’s so unbelievable … may God receive your spirit.”

His sister Rumbidzai Mutsengi wrote: “I’m glad I told you several times that I love you ... and you know I meant it.”

Mutsengi graduated from the University of Texas where he studied Natural Resource Management. He listed his expertise as Biological Monitoring of Land, Database Management, Data Compilation & Analysis.

Mutsengi wrote several published opinion articles on New Zimbabwe.com.

Labels: ASHER MUTSENGI, FARMING

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