6 athletes killed by car in NW Tanzania


  • World
  • Sunday, 23 Jul 2023

DAR ES SALAAM, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Six athletes were killed and 16 others were injured on Saturday morning by a car as they were jogging on a road in Ilemela district in Mwanza region in northwestern Tanzania, said police.

Gideon Msuya, the Mwanza regional police commander, said the car knocked down the athletes as they were training at Lumula primary school.

"The victims were jogging along Sabasaba road to Kiseke area when the car knocked them, killing the six athletes on the spot," Msuya told a news conference.

He said the injured athletes were rushed to hospital where four of them were discharged after treatment.

Msuya said police have launched a manhunt for the driver of the car who fled after the accident.

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