Tanzania’s president Samia calls for more road checks after deadly collision
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily News
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has expressed condolences to the families of 21 victims of a collision between a bus and a truck on the Iringa-Mbeya road. She has called on police to strengthen enforcement of the highway code, according to a condolence message published by the presidency.
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has ordered police to step up enforcement of the highway code after a deadly collision in Iringa. In a condolence message, she expressed her sympathies to the families of the 21 people killed in the accident, which occurred on the TANZAM road, in Iringa region.
The crash pitted a Maokoto Express coach against a goods truck at the Masumbo crossroads, in Kiponzelo, at around 7 a.m. According to Allan Bukumbi, police commander for the Iringa region, a brake system failure prevented the driver from controlling the bus before the collision, as he was attempting to join the main road from a dusty track. Witnesses describe the bus entering the road at high speed.
Among the dead are ten men, nine women and two boys aged three to five. Five other people were injured and treated at several health facilities. The bodies have been transferred to Iringa regional referral hospital.
