Bus Collision with Truck Kills at Least 28 People in Tanzania
A timber truck tried to overtake before striking the bus, and officials said the number of injured was still unknown.
- On Friday, October 9, 2026, a passenger bus collided head-on with a timber lorry at Mkambarani along the Morogoro-Dar highway, killing at least 28 people as the vehicle caught fire while traveling from Dar to Mbeya.
- Morogoro acting Fire and Rescue Force commander Joseph Mwasabeja said preliminary findings indicate the lorry driver, traveling from Iringa toward Dar, caused the crash by attempting to overtake other vehicles without adequate precautions.
- Of the 28 victims, 27 were bus passengers and one was in the lorry, Mwasabeja noted; Scholastica Ndunga, a spokesperson for Morogoro Regional Referral Hospital, said the facility would release official figures on the dead and injured later.
- Following the tragedy, President Samia Suluhu Hassan urged stricter adherence to road safety rules across Tanzania to prevent similar accidents, while rescue teams worked to establish the total number of injured.
- Africa has the world's highest road death rate, with about 26 deaths per 100,000 people compared to a global average of around 18, according to the Economic Commission; the continent holds only about 3% of the world's vehicles.
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sabado.ptA collision between a passenger bus and a truck carrying wood caused a fire and killed at least 28 people this Friday in Mkambarani in eastern Tanzania.
(LaPresse) - At least 28 people died in Tanzania in the clash between a passenger bus and a truck loaded with timber, followed by a fire that has
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