DODOMA, Sept. 19 -- TWO of the 11 people who were receiving treatment following a road accident in Chemba, Dodoma Region, have been pronounced dead, raising the death toll from the accident to 11 people.

The accident occurred after a passenger bus collided with a lorry on the Kondoa-Dodoma highway.

The accident occurred in the early hours of Thursday, September 18, 2025, resulting in the immediate deaths of nine people, five men and four women.

Dodoma Regional Referral Hospitals Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Ernest Ibenzi, confirmed that two more victims succumbed to their injuries while undergoing treatment.

“Yesterday, we initially received nine injured victims. Later, two more were transferred to us after undergoing surgery...