MAPUTO, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Local police authorities in Mozambique blamed human error for the fatal accident that killed 5 people and injured 28 others in southern Inhambane province on Tuesday.
Radio Mozambique quoted the Police Head of Public Relation Juma Ali citing excessive speed, violation of traffic rules and fatigue driving among the preliminary reasons that led to the fatal crash in the first hours of Tuesday.
The accident involved a bus transporting passengers from the central city of Quelimane in Zambezia province to the capital Maputo when it strongly hit a broken-down truck parked along the lane.
"For nearly every car crash that we register in Inhambane there is always a human error, particularly for buses transporting passengers, the accident was in a dangerous zone vulnerable to accidents, the signalization is clear, the driver shouldn't be at the speed he was driving," said Ali.
"The other thing is fatigue, the most fatal accidents involve long distance transporters in which there is the same driver who is behind the stirring wheel for more than 24 hours," added Ali.
The police again appeals drivers to observe road traffic and follow recommendations to drive along the established hours to avoid accidents that claim lives.
Last year in April the same region had a similar accident killing 15 people when a bus transporting passengers hit a broken-down truck loaded with timber. Enditem
