Tanzania car crash claims lives from seven countries

The 25 people killed in a multi-vehicle crash in Tanzania hailed from seven different countries, it has emerged.

The accident occurred when a Kenyan-registered lorry hit three other vehicles, including one carrying foreign nationals volunteering at a school, on a highway to Tanzania’s northern city of Arusha.

Ten women, 14 men and a girl were killed in the crash on Saturday, the presidency said in a statement the following day.

At least 21 people, also from different countries, were injured in the accident.

The dead included 16 Tanzanians, an American, a South African and other nationals from Kenya, Togo, Madagascar and Burkina Faso.

The injured were people from Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Switzerland, Britain and Mali, the statement added.

Police are looking for the driver of the Kenyan-registered lorry involved in the accident, who is said to have fled after the incident.

President Samia Hassan has sent her condolences to the families of the deceased and called for motorists to adhere to road safety regulations.