No fewer than seven people have lost their lives and 24 others injured in a road accident in Tanzania’s Morogoro region, local police said on Tuesday.
Fortunatus Muslim, the Morogoro regional police commander, said the accident occurred on Monday night after three vehicles were involved in a collision at Nane Nane area in the Morogoro municipality.
Muslim told a news conference that a minibus collided head-on with a saloon car and a lorry after the driver of the minibus tried to overtake another car.
The police official added that most of the 24 injured persons who were traveling in the minibus were rushed to Morogoro regional government hospital for treatment.
DISCLAIMER
The OPINION / COLUMN is authored by independent contributors to the National Accord Newspaper. While contributors adhere to our editorial guidelines, they are not employed by the National Accord Newspaper. The perspectives and opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author and do not represent the views of the National Accord Newspaper or its staff.