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At least 20 people died and 45 others were injured in a terrible road accident involving a truck and three minibuses on Sunday
The appalling accident occurred on the slopes of the village. Iwambi near the township of Mbalizi along the Mbeya-Tunduma highway. A container transport truck entered the minibuses where the wounded and the dead were.
Musa Taibu, Mbeya Regional Police Commander, said that the T607DMB-registered truck and its T401DME trailer were traveling to Tunduma in the Songwe area from Mbeya.
The CPP alleges that the speeding truck hit the minibus from the rear, pushing it into a trench on the Iwambi slope. The minibus traveled from Mwanjelwa to Mbalizi
Commander Taibu stated that the truck accelerating on a steep slope had collisions with the other two incoming minibuses, which were also pushed into the trench
"After the two minibuses overturned, the truck also lost direction and dived into the channel, resting on one of the two Hiace buses bearing the T832CNV registration number, "said the CPP
confirming that 20 people had According to the police commander, the driver of the truck escaped after the accident and the police launched a manhunt
According to the CPP Taibu, the section of the road where the accident occurred is narrow and harsh. 19659010] Mbeya Regional Commissioner (RC), Amos Makalla, said the government is planning to build ring roads to prevent trucks from entering. Enter the city center when that they go to the neighboring countries of the South.
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