Train Accident Today In Tanzania January 2021. Ajali ya treni Dodoma leo Tanzania, The government has confirmed the occurrence of an accident involving a passenger train between Itigi, Singida and Bahi areas, Dodoma and fewer deaths and some passengers injured.
The injured have been taken to hospital and other passengers are being held on buses. Full and detailed information will be provided by the Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC).
A passenger train traveling from Dar Es Salaam to the mainland crashed in Bahi District at a distance of 40 KM from Dodoma, the Director General of the Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC), Masanja Kadogosa has confirmed.
“The train was carrying more than 700 people, it is raining heavily, we still do not know the cause of the accident but the head has fallen, initial reports indicate that one of our staff members has died and two passengers have died, I was on holiday but Iam on my way to the accident” – Kadogosa
“We are preparing buses to pick up passengers from there to Manyoni, there is our passenger train from the mainland, those who continue to transport the mainland will use it to continue with their journey, and those who were coming from the mainland to Dar Es Salaam we prepare buses to bring them Dar es Salaam” –Kadogosa
Doctors and staff of Dodoma Regional Referral Hospital ready to receive injuries and bodies from the accident of the train crash that occurred on Saturday evening. The accident happened between Kintinku and Bahi stations, the source of which has not been said by the relevant authorities.
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