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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
DAR ES SALAAM, June 29 (Xinhua) — At least 38 people were killed and 28 others injured on Saturday evening when two buses collided head-on and burst into flames in Moshi district of Kilimanjaro region in northern Tanzania.
Kilimanjaro Regional Commissioner Noordin Babu told Xinhua by telephone on Sunday that the victims included members of a family who were on their way to a wedding in Moshi Municipality.
N. Babu said the accident occurred at around 5 p.m. local time /1400 GMT/ after a front tyre on one of the buses burst, causing a fire that engulfed both vehicles, killing all occupants of both buses.
N. Babu added that 22 of the 28 injured passengers received medical treatment and were discharged from the hospital, while six others remain under observation by doctors. –0–