{
  "id": 13112924,
  "title": "Tanzania Tragedy: At Least 28 Killed After Passenger Bus Collides With Truck And Bursts Into Flames On Morogoro–Dar es Salaam Highway | VIDEO",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/tanzania-tragedy-at-least-28-killed-after-passenger-bus-collides-with",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T12:08:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/tanzania-tragedy-at-least-28-killed-after-passenger-bus-collides-with-truck-and-bursts-into-flames-on-morogorodar-es-salaam-highway-video"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "At least 28 individuals lost their lives in a devastating accident on the Morogoro-Dar es Salaam highway on Friday morning, October 9, according to Joseph Mwasabeja, the acting commander of the Morogoro regional fire and rescue force. The incident occurred when a passenger bus collided with a timber truck and subsequently erupted into flames. The bus was en route from Dar es Salaam to Mbeya when the collision took place near Mkambarani.",
  "summary": "Dar es Salaam, October 9, 2026: At least 28 people were killed after a passenger bus collided with a timber truck and caught fire in eastern Tanzania early on Friday, October 9, a fire and rescue official said. The accident took place at Mkambarani on the Morogoro-Dar es Salaam highway. The bus was travelling from Dar es Salaam to Mbeya when the collision occurred. Joseph Mwasabeja, acting…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}