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Chibombo bus crash
On 7 February 2013, a bus collided with a semi-truck and a sport utility vehicle on the Great North Road, between the towns of Chibombo and Kabwe in the Central Province of Zambia, resulting in the deaths of 49 of the 73 persons on the bus,〔 – Note: early news reported 53 fatalities. This figure of 51 is the number used by the police and the legal services.〕 and of the truck driver and his assistant. A further 28 people were injured.〔
The crash was one of the worst in the history of Zambia, and was compared to a 2005 bus accident in which 38 high school students died and another 50 were seriously injured.〔
==Details==
The 74-seat bus, operated by Zambia Postal Services, left Ndola, in the Copperbelt Province at 04:30 CAT,〔 and was heading toward Zambia's capital, Lusaka.〔〔 The road connecting Lusaka to Tanzania is a two-lane highway known for having heavy traffic.〔 District Commissioner Priscilla Chisha reported that a sport utility vehicle attempting to pass the bus crashed head-on into an oncoming truck, sending it into the bus' path,〔 while a survivor of the accident stated that the bus swerved into the truck to avoid an oncoming vehicle.〔 Police spokeswoman Elizabeth Kanjela said that even hours after the crash it was not possible to enter the bus wreckage to determine if there were other trapped passengers.〔
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