Acting Mwanza Regional Police Commander, Gideon Msuya, shows the car that hit the runners
DAR ES SALAAM, July 23 (NNN-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.
He said the driver, whose name couldn’t be immediately established, abandoned the car at the nearby petrol station.
“The driver escaped; however, the car has been confiscated by the law enforcement officers, and the manhunt has started,” he said. — NNN-XINHUA
