DAR ES SALAAM – At least four people were killed and four others injured on Saturday night after their minibus was hit by a truck in Muheza District of Tanga Region in northern Tanzania, police said on Sunday.
Maketi Msangi, the acting Tanga regional police commander, said the accident occurred on Saturday at 9 p.m. local time when the truck knocked the minibus at the village of Tanganyika along the Dar es Salaam-Arusha highway.
Msangi said the tragedy happened when the minibus was being repaired after experiencing some technical malfunctions.
He added that the driver of the truck disappeared after the accident, and police were hunting for him.
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