Ten perish in Tanzania as bus collides with train

DAR ES SALAAM, June 06 (Xinhua): At least 10 people died on the spot and 23 others were injured in an accident on Wednesday.

A bus collided with a cargo train in Tanzania's western region of Kigoma, police said.

Martin Otieno, the Kigoma regional commander, said the bus was thrown 100 metres away from the site of the collision, leaving many passengers trapped in the wreckage.

"Rescuers are still pulling passengers trapped in the wreckage of the bus.

We fear that the number of people killed in the grisly accident might rise," Otieno told an independent television station.

"Some bodies of the victims were in pieces. It is the worst road accident to have occurred in Kigoma region in recent memory," said Otieno.

He said the bus was travelling from Kigoma town, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, the longest freshwater lake in the world, to Tabora region in central Tanzania.

Otieno said the cargo train was moving from the east African country's commercial capital Dar es Salaam to Kigoma.