Incident
Tanzanian Media House Loses Five Journalists in Horror Car Crash
Cause of death
Road accident
Details
The accident occurred at 2:30am at Kizonzo, between Igunga (Tabora) and Shelui (Singida).
The accident, which left three other people with serious injuries, happened when the vehicle the journalists were travelling in collided head on with a lorry headed to Dar es Salaam.
The deceased and survivors were headed to Chato where they were scheduled to cover an event officiated by President John Pombe Magufuli on Tuesday.
The five journalists who died in the accident, according to a tweet by Azam Media, were cameramen Said Haji and Charles Wandwi, vision mixer Salim Mhando, sound technician Florence Ndibalema and broadcasting technician Silvanus Kasongo.
