Thirty-two schoolchildren, two teachers and a minibus driver
where killed in Tanzania when their vehicle plunged into a roadside
ravine in the northern tourist region of Arusha on Saturday, a senior
police official said."The accident happened when the bus was descending
on a steep hill in rainy conditions," Arusha regional police commander
Charles Mkumbo told Reuters by telephone."We are still investigating the
incident to determine if it was caused by a mechanical defect or human
error on the part of the driver."
The
students killed in the accident, which occurred at about 9:30am in
Karatu district, were standard seven pupils, aged 12 to 13, from the
Lucky Vincent primary school on their way to visit another school,
Mkumbo said.
President John Magufuli
described the accident as a "national tragedy" in a statement.Tanzania,
the second-largest economy in east Africa, has a poor road safety
network, but buses remain the main form of public transport between
towns.
More than 11,000 people were
killed in road accidents in Tanzania between 2014 and 2016, according to
government data.
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