DAR ES SALAAM, March 31 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were killed and 55 others injured on Tuesday after a passenger bus overturned in central Tanzania's Singida Region, police and local authorities confirmed.
The accident occurred in Mkiwa Village in Ikungi District when a bus traveling from Dodoma to Mwanza hit a pothole in the middle of the road, causing a front tire to burst and the driver to lose control.
Singida Regional Police Commander Amon Kakwale confirmed the incident, saying officers at the scene were instructed to secure passengers' belongings and establish the identities of the deceased and injured.
Ikungi District Commissioner Thomas Apson said the injured and the bodies of the deceased were taken to Manyoni District Hospital and Singida Regional Referral Hospital for treatment and further procedures.
According to Bwire James, Manyoni district hospital medical officer, the facility received all 55 injured victims -- 34 men and 21 women -- along with six bodies of those who died at the scene. ■
