Five people were killed Wednesday afternoon when a large passenger van rolled over on Interstate 10 east of Tucson, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said.
Twelve passengers were airlifted in 11 different helicopters to local area trauma centers. A total of 17 people were riding in the vehicle, DPS officers said.
The identities of the driver, passengers and owner of the van are being withheld pending next of kin notification, DPS said.
The victims are believed to be tourists from Tanzania.
The van was traveling eastbound when it lost control and rolled over in the Texas Canyon area, DPS officers said.
The cause of the collision is under investigation.
By Subi
nukta77.com
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Update
Michuzi,
The victims (5 dead, 12 injured) of the van accident that happened in Tuscon Arizona on Wednesday are actually Burundians and not Tanzanians as it was recently reported in your blog. The following article is taken from
USAtoday.com:
Van rolls in Arizona, 5 dead, 12 injured
TUCSON, Arizona (AP) —
Five people were killed and 12 others were injured on Wednesday when a van loaded with Burundian refugees seeking work crashed on an Arizona highway.
The driver of the large van lost control about 50 miles east of Tucson, according to Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Officer Robert Bailey.
The director of a relief agency in Tucson said the passengers were Burundians who had fled to a Tanzanian refugee camp before having relocated to Tucson. Jean Spinelli, a spokeswoman at University Medical Center, said six of the 11 people brought in from the crash were listed in critical condition and the other five in serious condition.
The group was seeking work at Eurofresh Inc., a hydroponics vegetable grower in Willcox, Arizona, said Ken Briggs, executive director of the International Rescue Committee's Tucson office.
Eurofresh has become a major southern Arizona employer of refugees seeking to become self-sufficient.
Briggs said his staff was working to try to assist the hospitals and the families involved. He said the Burundians had been living in Tucson for a few years. The IRC, which has 24 regional offices in the United States, helps refugees resettle and become self-sufficient.
It also helps with emergency relief, human rights protection and rehabilitation. The cause of the crash was under investigation, Bailey said.
Best Regards.
Mdau
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Hii habari ilivyoletwa mbona imekuwa kama nyama wanazo nunua walalahoi kwenye bucha za bongo; "mchanganyiko!" Hiyo ya kusema they are believed to be Tanzania tourists imetoka wapi? Hapo chini inasema refugees from Burundi na kwenye article ya USA Today vivyo hivyo sasa tourist imekujaje hapa? Au ni makengeza yangu?
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