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 traveling from Dar to Mbeya collided head-on with a timber-carrying Scania lorry at Mkambarani on the Morogoro-Dar highway, killing at least 28 people as the bus burst into flames.
- Morogoro acting Fire and Rescue Force commander Joseph Mwasabeja said preliminary findings indicated the lorry driver, traveling from Iringa toward Dar, attempted to overtake other vehicles without adequate precautions, triggering the head-on collision.
- Of the 28 victims, 27 were bus passengers and one was traveling in the lorry. Scholastica Ndunga, a spokesperson for Morogoro Regional Referral Hospital, said the facility would release official figures on the dead and injured later.
- President Samia Suluhu Hassan subsequently urged stricter adherence to road safety rules following the tragedy, while rescue teams worked to establish the total number of injured passengers whose whereabouts remained unclear.
- 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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Bus collision with truck kills at least 28 people in Tanzania
At least 28 people were killed when a passenger bus collided head-on with a timber truck and caught fire in eastern Tanzania, a fire official said Friday.
28 killed as bus bursts into flames after collision with lorry in Morogoro
At least 28 people were killed on Friday after a passenger bus collided head-on with a timber-carrying Scania lorry at Mkambarani along the Morogoro–Dar es Salaam highway, with the bus bursting...
At least 28 people have been killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck carrying timber in eastern Tanzania, the Citizen newspaper reported.
Dodoma, Oct 9 (Latin Press) The frontal impact of a passenger bus against a cargo truck that occurred today, near the city of Morogoro, in eastern Tanzania, left 28 people dead.The post Traffic accident in Tanzania leaves 28 dead first appeared on News Prensa Latina.
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