Tag Archives: accident

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | AFP | A bus crash in Tanzania that claimed the lives of 32 primary school pupils, two teachers and the driver was likely caused by speeding, police said. “Preliminary investigations show that the accident is due to speeding,” regional police chief Charles Mkumbo told the state-run …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  At least 29 final year primary school pupils were killed in a bus crash in northern Tanzania on Saturday, along with two teachers and the driver, the school’s director said. “We lost 29 students and two of our staff, and the driver died too,” said …

URGENT: 20 children killed in S.Africa bus crash: emergency services Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP |  At least 20 children were killed in a bus crash outside the South African capital Pretoria on Friday, emergency services said, as paramedics treated the injured at the scene. The minibus collided with a …

Lagos, Nigeria | AFP |  At least seven football fans were killed and 11 injured when an electric cable fell on a building where they were watching a Europa League match, Nigerian police said Friday. The incident happened in the southern port city of Calabar on Thursday during a quarter-final …

Electricity distribution company Umeme have said investigations indicate the transformer that fell on a vehicle on Dewinton Road on Tuesday was likely tampered with. “Preliminary investigations indicate that the network may have been interfered with, causing the transformer structure to fall into the vehicle. Comprehensive investigations are still underway to …

Accra, Ghana | AFP | Ghanaian authorities have closed the popular tourist destination of Kintampo Falls after 20 people died in a tree fall tragedy, officials said Monday. A group of high school and university students were swimming on Sunday afternoon at the picturesque waterfalls in the Brong-Ahafo region, some 450 …

Accra, Ghana | AFP | Twenty students died after trees fell on them while swimming in a river during a storm in Ghana, emergency officials said Sunday. Ghana National Fire Service spokesman Prince Billy Anaglate said the “unusual incident” happened on Sunday afternoon, when a group of high school students were …

Frankfurt am Main, Germany | AFP |  Three people were hurt Saturday when a car ploughed into pedestrians in the southern German city of Heidelberg, said police, who shot and wounded the driver. After the crash, which injured one person seriously, the driver escaped on foot armed with a knife …

Paris, France | AFP |  The French nuclear group Areva said Tuesday a truck carrying a chemical used in the uranium fuel process had tipped over in Benin, but there was “no risk” of contamination. The accident occurred in the West African country on Sunday near Dassa, about 200 kilometres …

Luanda, Angola | AFP | Angola announced an investigation Saturday into a stadium stampede that killed at least 17 and injured scores, as the nation’s president, the host team and witnesses blamed the deaths on police error. Children were among the victims in what has been described as the country’s …