4 members of same family killed in road accident in Tanzania

DAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Four members of a family were killed in a road accident on Saturday morning in Tanzania's eastern region of Morogoro, said an official.

Majid Mwanga, the Kilosa district commissioner in Morogoro region, said the accident occurred at around 9:20 a.m. local time when a salon car in which the family was travelling in collided head on with a truck at Dumila along the Morogoro-Dodoma highway.

"A mother and her baby, who were also members of the family, survived but they were injured," said Mwanga.

Manyele Kapongo, a senior medical officer with St. Joseph Health Center, said the center received four bodies comprising of two males, a girl and a child.