MORE than 35 pupils of the Lucky Vincent English Medium Primary School of Kwa-Mrombo in Arusha have been killed in a tragic road accident early in the morning.
Among them 3 teachers and the driver, his assistant and 27 pupils.The accident occurred after their school bus plunged into the Marera gorge in Karatu District.
Early reports as affirmed by the Karatu District Commissioner, Theresia Mahongo, indicate that the Minibus with around 40 people on board, mostly pupils and their teachers, had departed from Arusha City at around 7.00 am going to Karatu Township where the pupils were supposed to participate in inter-school mock examinations with their Tumaini Primary School counterparts of Karatu District.
Later, after the examinations, the pupils planned to have an excursion into the Ngorongoro Crater.
Condolences to the families in their great loss. RIP beautiful souls.
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