ARUSHA, Tanzania, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- At least four people were killed and nine others injured in a head-on collision that involved five vehicles and a motorcycle in southwestern Tanzania's region of Mbeya, police said on Friday.
Mohamed Mpinga, Mbeya Regional Police Commander, said that the accident occurred at Iwambi hill, few kilometers to a small town of Mbalizi along the busiest Tanzania-Zambia highway (Tanzam).
According to Mpinga, the accident occurred on Thursday night at around 8 p.m. local time in a hilly area with a steep slope on the way to the Tanzania and Zambia border town of Tunduma.
He said that two drivers and a motorcyclist were among the dead in the road mishap.
The cause of the accident was yet to be established, though preliminary investigation show that driver of a truck which was heading to Zambia from the Tanzania's commercial capital, Dar es Salaam lost control before ramming into other vehicles, Mpinga said, revealing that the injured people were rushed to Mbeya Zonal Referral Hospital for treatment.
"Drivers using the Tanzam road should be extra careful as the highway has many sharp corners and slopes," said Mpinga. Enditem
