The Tanzanian presidential office said a total of 38 people, including two women, died after two buses hit each other in Sabasaba, in the Kilimanjaro region, on the evening of June 28 (local time).
The cause of the collision is believed to be one of the two vehicles with a punctured tire, causing the driver to lose control and crash into the other vehicle. After that, a fire broke out and caused 2 vehicles to be completely burned down.
Of the 38 victims, the local authorities have only identified the identities of 2 people. The remaining remains have not been identified because the bodies were all in a state of severe burns.
The nationality of the victims was not immediately announced.
The collision also injured 28 other passengers. Of these, 6 people are being treated in the hospital.
President Samia Suluhu Hassan expressed his "deep condolences" to the victims' families and wished the injured a "short recovery".
She also called for stricter compliance with traffic safety rules because deadly traffic accidents frequently occur on roads in Tan alone.
The 2018 report by the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that between 13,000 and 19,000 people in Indonesia died in traffic accidents in 2016, significantly higher than the official government figures of 3,256 people.
