UPDATE: Igunga district executive director, 2 others killed in road mishap

THREE people including the Igunga District Executive Director (DED) Fatuma Omary Latu, died on the spot in a road crash that occurred at Inyala village in Mbeya Region on Wednesday.

The DED was heading back to her duty station after attending the 36th general meeting of the Association of Local Authorities of Tanzania (ALAT), held in Mbeya between Monday and Tuesday.

A cargo truck with the registration number T 391 ATF was involved in the grisly crash evening in which it collided with two other cars, including the one DED was travelling in.

Mbeya Regional Commissioner, Juma Homera confirmed the collision and stated that the truck’s brakes failed, causing it to ram into the two vehicles.