Bus and lorry crash kills 21 in Iringa
Police blame a bus driver who pulled onto the main road from a smaller road without caution, killing 21 people, including two boys.
21 people died and five were hurt when a Fuso passenger bus hit a Scania lorry at Kiponzelo junction in Iringa Region on November 9, 2026. The bus was on its way from Wasa to Iringa town, while the lorry was heading from Iringa towards Congo. The dead included 10 men, nine women and two boys aged three to five.
Iringa Regional Police Commander Alan Bukumbi said the driver pulled out from a smaller road onto the main road without taking care, and that the lorry was already on the main road when the crash happened. The bus driver, named only as Amos, was among the dead. Injured people are being treated at Iringa Regional Referral Hospital and two other local health facilities, and the bodies are held at the referral hospital.
President Samia Suluhu Hassan sent condolences on November 9 to Iringa Regional Commissioner Kheri James and the bereaved families. Police urged drivers and other road users to obey traffic laws and safety rules. The crash came a month after two Morogoro collisions that killed 32 people in October.
Why it mattersThe families of the 21 people killed and the five injured are the people directly affected, and the victims include two young boys.