At least 23 people have died after a bus crashed into a lorry in eastern Tanzania on Friday, the police said. “The death toll is now 23” after one of those injured died, said police head of operations and training Liberatus Sabas. “The truck driver, who was heading from the Dar es Salaam port to the Democratic Republic of Congo, was overtaking a motorbike when the two vehicles collided head-on,” he said. “Three injured have been transferred to Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam for further treatment,” Sabas added. In its 2018 global report on road safety, the World Health Organisation said Tanzania had reported 3,256 traffic accident deaths in 2016, but estimated there had probably been closer to 16,000.

Source: The Guardian March 19, 2022 17:54 UTC