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Tanzania bus and truck collision kills at least 22: Presidency

World Materials 20 March 2022 10:47 (UTC +04:00)
Tanzania bus and truck collision kills at least 22: Presidency

At least 22 people have been killed after a bus crashed into a truck in eastern Tanzania, the presidency said.

The accident also injured 38 people, the presidency said in a statement, Trend reports citing Al Jazeera.

The police chief of the eastern region of Morogoro, Fortunatus Muslim, said the accident occurred in Melela Kibaoni, some 200km (120 miles) west of the coastal city and economic hub Dar-es-Salaam.

He said the truck left its lane to overtake a motorbike.

“The truck driver, who was heading from the Dar-es-Salaam port to the Democratic Republic of Congo, was overtaking a motorbike when the two vehicles collided head-on,” he said.

The bus was travelling in the other direction – from the western city of Mbeya to the coastal city of Tanga, he added.

President Samia Suluhu Hassan presented her condolences on Twitter, and urged “road users to adhere to traffic rules”.

Tanzania has seen a spate of fatal traffic accidents.

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