Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi this Friday expressed “dismay” at the death of 20 people in an accident in the central province of Manica with an overcrowded passenger vehicle, while he awaits an explanation for the tragedy.
“We will receive an explanation at the appropriate time, and that is why, being here in the province of Manica, we are the first to pay tribute to these compatriots,” said the head of state, who is participating in the IX National Youth Awards Gala this Friday in this province -concert “Creative”.
The president also admitted that smoke from fires near the road was the cause of the car crash that caused the accident.
“Those who were burned yesterday [quinta-feira] at the end of the day there are twenty-ten men, eight women and two children,” the president lamented, before asking for a minute’s silence at this Friday’s event, which will take place at the Montalto cinema in Chimoio.
A total of 20 people were burned to death on Thursday in Mozambique’s Manica province after the overloaded passenger transport they were traveling in collided with a truck and overturned.
“The car overturned and caught fire, many people were burned in the car and at that moment we saw [confirmamos] The 20 bodies were taken to the mortuary of the Catandica District Hospital,” David Frank, administrator of Barue district in the province, told Luse in a telephone statement.
The official said only two people survived the accident, which he called “shocking and serious.”
Initial explanations indicate that the crash was caused by a cloud of smoke caused by uncontrolled fires that spilled onto the road, reducing the visibility of the driver, who collided with a truck traveling in the opposite direction, a survivor said.
“The minibus was heading towards Chimoyo Guro and we were surprised by the sound of a stopped truck. I was with my older brother, who did not get out of the car,” said one of the survivors. , who was still in the front passenger seat, next to the driver.
They were in a passenger transport van with a capacity of 15 passengers, 22 passengers, of whom only two survived the accident, he continued.
The police, who sent a fire brigade to the scene, promised to comment on the incident on Friday.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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