AJARI YAUA WATU KUMI NA MOJA (11) ZAAIDI, WENGINE 44 MAJERUHI HUKO MOROGORO

          In summary
                AT least 11 people were killed while 44 others got injured in two separate                     road accidents which occurred along Morogoro-Dodoma highway at                                  Dakawa-Veta area in Morogoro Region.

According to the police in the region, the accidents involved a passenger bus christened Otta Classic and two trucks which suffered a head-on collision.

Morogoro Regional Police Commander (RPC), Mr Ulrich Matei, told journalists here yesterday that the first accident occurred on Thursday evening after the two trucks collided and then caught fire that burnt some of the victims to death.

The RPC said the accident occurred in Dumila ward in Kilosa District where the oil tankerwhose registration number could not be easily identified - which was heading to lake zone regions from Dar es Salaam collided with a truck with registration number T 963 BLW that was heading for Dar es Salaam from Dodoma.

Mr Matei said that the accident resulted in the deaths of five people who sustained serious burns.

He noted that among the deceased who were yet to be identified included a cyclist who was standing beside the road when the accident occurred. The police boss explained that the accident was caused by a private vehicle which stopped unexpectedly and thus forcing the driver with a truck to overtake the car.

He added that while overtaking the private vehicle the driver with the truck without caution ended in a headon collision with an oil tanker, thus claiming lives of the two drivers and two passengers in the vehicles.

Mr Matei, however, said that yesterday morning another accident occurred at the same area killing six people on the spot and injuring 44 others.

The RPC said that the accident involved a speeding passenger bus Otta Otta Classic with registration number T 201 DGK which collided with one of the trucks which was involved in the earlier accident. He said that among the people who were injures, six of them were in critical condition and were rushed to Morogoro Referral Hospital.

Source: dairlyNews