swerved off a steep road in
Tanzania on Saturday
morning and fell into a
ravine, killing 36 people -- 33
of them children.
The fatal crash happened in
city of Arusha in Tanzania's
northern Karatu District, on
the edge of the Ngorongoro
Conservation Area.
"The place where it happened
is a hill, with a steep slope,
and it was raining when the
accident happened," Aruba
Police Commander Charles
Mkumbo said.
Mkumbo added investigators were still trying
to determine exactly what
caused the bus to leave the
road.
"We don't know if the
driver was new or if
there was a mechanical
defect," he said.
The bus
driver and two teachers
on board were also killed in the crash.
Two
of the students survived
but were critically
injured. The primary
school students, aged
between 12 and 13 years old, were on their
way to another school
to take an exam.
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