14 People Killed in Terrible Traffic Accident in Tanzania: “Driver Negligence”

• At least 14 people died in a traffic accident that occurred in Tabora, Western Tanzania, on Thursday, November 7.
• A small vehicle crashed into the back of a Mitsubishi Fuso truck on Itobo-Bukene Highway, Nzega District.
• The driver of the Toyota Hiace vehicle was held responsible for the accident; police said he wasn’t careful on the road

tabora – Police in Kenya’s southern neighbor have launched a manhunt for a driver accused of being the center of a fatal road crash that killed 14 people.

The accident occurred on Thursday, November 8, on Itobo-Bukene Road, Nzega District.

According to police, a Toyota Hiace mini passenger car rear-ended a Mitsubishi Fuso truck and went under the hood of the heavy transport vehicle. Mwananchi reported.

Authorities blamed the accident on the driver’s alleged negligence, finding that he did not follow road safety precautions.

Eight of the dead were men, four women and two children; nine people suffered varying degrees of injuries.

The driver of the small car quickly left the scene after the accident.

“The cause of the accident was that the Hiace driver, who was trying to pass the truck in front of him, was careless and could not control his vehicle and crashed from the right side from behind and went under the space of the truck. Police said, “There are deaths and injuries.”

The bodies were taken to the Nzega District Hospital morgue.

According to the police2 of the injured were hospitalized He was taken to the same hospital (Nzega), while seven other critically injured people were referred to Nkinga Referral Hospital.

When we return home, we still have a traffic accident, there is a bus carrying passengers from there. Nairobi It was reduced to ashes in Kampala on Thursday.

How bus passengers cheated death in Naivasha

Simba Trainer The Bus Company vehicle with 20 passengers was engulfed in flames on the Nairobi-Nakuru highway.

It burned in the Morendat area of ​​Naivasha. Nakuru district.

Luckily all passengers He was safely evacuated from the burning busbut all his personal belongings and belongings were reduced to ashes.

Naivasha OCPD Antony Keter confirmed the incident, stating that the fire started from the rear wheels.

This forced the driver to park on the side of the road before the entire bus was engulfed in flames and reduced to ashes.

A. video shared on the internet It showed the moment the bus fire started.

In the footage, passengers can be heard begging other drivers to help them with fire extinguishers.

Source: TUKO.co.ke