DAR ES SALAAM, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- At least 21 people were killed and five others injured on Monday after a bus collided with a cargo truck in Tanzania's southern Iringa Region, police said.
In a statement issued Monday, the Iringa regional police said the victims included 10 men, nine women and two children.
The accident occurred at the Kiponzero junction along the Iringa-Mbeya highway when the bus collided with a truck, said the statement.
Police said the five injured passengers were receiving medical treatment and preliminary investigations suggested a brake failure on the bus may have caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle.
However, police said they would establish the official cause of the accident after a full investigation. ■