Zimbabwean crash 'genuine accident'
Zimbabwe's prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai is said to be recovering in neighbouring Botswana after the road crash that killed his wife.
The couple and an aide were travelling south of the Zimbabwean capital Harare on Friday when a lorry crashed into his convoy. Mrs Tsvangirai died and her husband and an aide escaped with minor injuries.
Zimbabwe's roads are notoriously treacherous, but there was immediate speculation that the incident may have been an assassination bid.
A spokesman for Mr Tsvangirai's party told the AFP news agency the premier was recovering in Botswana. He said: "I do not know when he will be back, he will undergo a check-up, but he is out of danger now."
It emerged that the lorry involved belonged to a project that was jointly funded by the UK and US.
The UK's Foreign Office said the crash appeared to have been a "genuine accident".
Mr Tsvangirai became prime minister just last month after hammering out a power-sharing deal with bitter rival Robert Mugabe, who remains president.
The agreement was meant to end almost a year of deadly stalemate, as the country was wracked by economic turmoil and a devastating cholera outbreak.
Mr Mugabe tried to quash rumours that he was involved in some way by visiting Mr Tsvangirai in hospital in Harare on Friday night.
The driver of the lorry, a Zimbabwean contractor, was also said to have admitted being asleep at the wheel. The vehicle was transporting Aids medicine donated by foreign governments.
