Staff Reporter| Matabeleland North Provincial chairman of the Morgan Tsvangirai led MDC, Thembinkosi Sibindi, who was last night reported to be fighting for his life at the Wankie Colliery Hospital after being involved in an accident in Lupote area of Hwange, has died.

Sibindi and five other officials were involved in the mishap late Saturday evening.

Party sources told ZimEye.com that Sibindi and five others were travelling from a party meeting in Lupane when the vehicle they were travelling in was side-swiped by a trailer of a heavy vehicle coming from the opposite direction, forcing the vehicle to overturn several times.

ZimEye.com could not immediately establish the conditions of the other senior MDCT provincial officials, but the party members described their conditions as critical. Further details were still sketchy at the time of writing. This is a developing story – REFRESH THIS PAGE FOR LIVE UPDATES