At least 61 people have died in an oil tanker explosion in Tanzania, according to local authorities.
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania At least 61 people have been killed and 70 injured when an oil tanker exploded on a busy road in Tanzania, government spokesperson Hassan Abbas said.
The vehicle overturned on the road in Morogoro, 175 kilometers west of Dar es Salaam, according to Kebwe Stephene, the regional commissioner of Morogoro.An eyewitness said the truck was going at speed and was trying to avoid a motorcyclist on the main road near a Msamvu bus station. The driver appeared to lose control and the truck overturned.
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