At least 25 people were killed, including an American, a South African and a Kenyan, and 21 injured on Saturday in northern Tanzania in the collision between a truck and three vehicles, President Samia Suluhu Hassan lamented on Sunday.
The head of state “presented her condolences” for this “accident which left 25 dead and 21 injured” on Saturday evening after the truck driver “lost control” of his vehicle on the road linking Arusha and Namanga, according to a press release from the presidency.
Many foreign victims
According to the text, the truck hit three vehicles, including one that was carrying “foreign nationals” who were volunteering at a school in Arusha.
Ten women, 14 men and a girl were killed in the accident, according to the press release. Among those injured were “foreign nationals from Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Switzerland, England and Mali,” the press release continued.
Tanzania, a country in East Africa, is regularly bereaved by deadly road accidents.