what a tragged, when will these innocent lives be resqued

Limbless and lifeless bodies, pieces of strewed human flesh, twisted metal, torn pieces of mini-bus body, grief, silence. This was the scene at Kibamba Darajani, Kinondoni district in Dar es Salaam this morning where ten people including a pregnant woman died in a grisly road accident.
 The accident involved a Toyota Hiace with registration numbers T 615 AJW traveling to Ubungo from Kibamba and another truck with registration number T 192 ABP Fiat Iveco and its semi-trailer with registration number T 189 ABP.
The ‘Daily News’ witnessed the rescue exercise where ten bodies were salvaged from the Toyota Hiace which had been crushed flat by the semi-trailer. The cause of the accident was alleged to be failure of breaks of the semi trailer whose driver lost control and swerved to the other side of the road where it overran the commuter mini-bus.  According to an eye witness, Mr John Mrisho, the driver of the mini-bus and all the passengers who were in the Hiace died on the spot, but the driver of the truck who was identified as Kudra Adam disappeared soon after the accident.
Mr Mrisho claimed that some lives might have been saved had the breakdown arrived at the scene early to remove the trailer of the crushed mini-bus.
“The accident took place early in the morning but the breakdown vehicle came very late, I think the government needs to work on this,” he said.
Hundreds of people had gathered at the scene of the incident until 11.00 a.m when a breakdown truck from BMK Company was brought at the scene to do the work. Some of the salvaged remains were sickeningly horrifying to look at and some were limbless.
Two of the bodies were taken to Tumbi hospital in Kibaha for preservation while the rest were taken to Mwananyamala hospital in the city. Head of the Police traffic unit Mohammed Mpinga said preliminary investigations showed that the accident occurred at 5.30 in the morning. According to him, the semi-trailer was carrying 30,000 litres of kerosene.
He said that only five bodies had been identified and named them as Zainab Alli, Esther Paulo (who was pregnant), Abdul Twalib, Shukuru Hussein and Faraj Ngalamba. He said police were investigating the incident and urged the people to cooperate with them so that the driver who caused the accident could be found.
“He might have gone to hide in the village or anywhere else where he thinks he might not be found but if the people cooperate with us, we will get him,” he said.