22 Killed, 38 Injured in Tanzania Bus-Truck Collision

The Tanzanian presidency reported at least 22 people died and 38 were injured in a bus-truck collision in eastern Tanzania, according to RT.

"The truck driver, who was on heading from Port of Dar es Salaam to Congo, was overtaking a motorcycle when the two vehicles crashed from the front, a regional police official said, stressing that the accident was due to the recklessness of the truck driver.

The police official said that the bus was heading from Mbeya in (South) to Tanga in the (North).

Four other people died on Monday in another traffic accident of a bus that was heading from Tunduma (southeast) on the border with Zambia to Dar es Salaam.

Contributed by Israa Farhan