Mozambican authorities announced this Saturday the discovery of another body of a victim from a bus accident on Sunday in central Mozambique, bringing the total death toll to 26.
“We are not sure if this is the last body found, but we are searching locally,” a fire source in Sofala province said today.
On Wednesday, two more bodies, both in their 30s, had already been found in a creek where the bus had stopped following an accident caused by a possible improper overtaking.
A commission created by the Mozambique National Institute of Road Transport (Inatro), together with the police and the Mozambique Road Network (Revimo), is investigating the circumstances of this accident.
According to Inatro president Chinguane Mabote, the commission will conduct an expert examination and report on the accident, which also injured 48 people, seven of whom remain in a serious condition, in a head-on collision involving a bus that was allegedly illegally overtaking a truck on a national road. 6 (N6) in Mafambissa, Sofala province.
“Let’s move on to the final consequences because what happened here is practically what we can call road terrorism, there is no other explanation for who is driving and is responsible for transporting people,” Mabote said in a speech before journalists in Beira, the capital of Sofala province. .
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi expressed regret over the accident on Monday, calling for action to stop the scourge.
“[Apelo] so that we all do something to prevent such deaths from happening,” Nyusi said during a visit to Inhambane province in the south of the country.
26 of the deceased were on board a Dondo Public Transport (TPD) bus.
Mozambique has recorded more than 4,800 deaths due to road traffic accidents in the past five years, according to data released May 22 by the Mozambican government, which calls for public participation in the fight against the scourge.
“The road safety situation in Mozambique is very alarming, as in the last five years, for example, 4,812 people have died on our roads in 5,459 road accidents,” said Ambrosio, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Transport and Communications. Shitoe.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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