Bus rams into lorry, kills 12 passengers

Tanzania: Bus Rams Into Lorry, Kills 12 Passengers
AllAfrica.com
Iringa — At least 12 people were killed on the spot and 28 others were injured yesterday after a bus they were travelling in collided head on with a lorry in Kilolo District, Iringa Region. Iringa regional police commander Peter Kakamba said the ...

The incident occurred at Kiwangala trading centre in Lwengo district last evening when a Kampala-bound truck Reg. No. UAN-324F loaded tons of eucalyptus poles lost control and swerved off the road.

Eyewitnesses say the truck hit another vehicle Reg. No. UAE-456Z, before shattering the restaurant.

The deceased are identified as Noeline Namaganda (25), a waitress at Allah Akbar Hallal restaurant and Henry Ssebulime (17) a welder.

The survivors, Dalton Kintu, the truck driver, Sandra Namawanda...

>Three people have died and 46 others injured as a lorry in which they were travelling from Kiloleli Village to Mhunze Town in Kishapu District, Shinyanga Region overturned yesterday morning.

Five people were killed on the spot and 13 others sustained injuries after their bus collided with a truck along Chalinze-Segera road in Bagamoyo District, Coast Region.

Seventeen passengers were killed on the spot as 56 others escaped with injuries yesterday after a bus coming from Mpwapwa heading to Dar es Salaam collided head-on with a lorry in Kongwa District.

Suspected militants from Nigerian group Boko Haram hijack a bus in Cameroon and kidnap at least 20 people, residents say.

Passengers stranded across Tanzania as bus drivers go on strike
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Head on collision bus accident kills seven injures 48 others
IPPmedia
Another fatal bus accident has claimed the lives of seven passengers and left at least 48 others seriously injured after a head to head on collision with another bus. The two buses - Msanga line registration number T 637 DCD and Luwinzo registration number ...

Tanzania bus collision kills at least 36, dozens injured
euronews
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – At least 36 people were killed and dozens injured when two passenger buses collided along a busy road in north-western Tanzania, police said on Saturday. Officers said it was still not clear what caused the accident on Friday ...
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