Morogoro Regional Police Commander Leonard Paulo confirmed the
incident and said; “the bus driver was reckless and over speeding…he
cause the disaster.”
He went on to confirm that the tragic accident occurred along the
Morogoro–Iringa highway near Msimba village on the perimetres of
Morogoro Region.
“There was an explosive collision between Mitsubishi Fuso truck and
a passenger bus code-named Nganga Transporting Commuters that was
travelling to Mbeya from Kilombero,” detailed the RPC.
He identified the vehicles involved to have registration number T373 DAH and T164 BKG for the bus and truck respectively.
In what can be described as one of the worst road accidents to
occur in the region in the recent past, the RPC said the injured were
transported to the St Kizzito Hospital in Mikumi-Kilosa District and
bodies of the diseased have also been preserved at the hospital.
St Kizzito Hospital Doctor in charge Dr Boniventure Buyagabuyaga confirmed receiving eighteen bodies which he said could not be
identified visually because they were burnt beyond recognition.
He said out of 11 people who were injured, 7 remain at the hospital
while the rest are been treated at the Mtandika dispensary in Msimba
village.
This road accident only goes to add onto the seemingly worsening road tragedies the country is facing this year.
Thursday last week, at least ten people died on the spot after
three vehicles – two commuter buses and a saloon car – were involved in a
road accident at Mbweni near Mkata in Handeni District.
Juma Ndaki, who is the Acting Tanga Regional Police Commander, said the crash left another 35 people severely injured.
The two buses were identified as Ngorika with registration number
T770 BKW which was heading to Arusha from Dar es Salaam and Ratco
registration number T665 CBR which was heading to Dar es Salaam from
Tanga and the third vehicle was a saloon car registration T628 CXE which
was heading to Arusha but whose make was not specified.
Two other people also died on the spot in another tragic road
accident after an upcountry bus christened ‘Happy Nation’ that plies the
Dar es Salaam-Mbeya route overturned around the Kikwaraza Mikumi area
in Morogoro Region.
Reports say some forty eight passengers were severely injured and
according to eye witnesses, the accident was caused by reckless driving
of the bus driver who the witnesses say was over speeding.
In contrast, the December 2014 traffic report by Chief Traffic
Police Commander Mohamed Mpinga said road accidents had decreased.
Mpinga reported that the number of road accidents in the county
had decreased by 38.2 per cent from 21,791 recorded between January and
November 2013 to 13, 466 in same periods last year. SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
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