POLICE

RPC Assistant Commisioner of Police (ACP) Mangalla when he was speaking to reporters today not in the picture at his office in Iringa region.

IRINGA Regional Police Commander (RPC), Evarist Mangalla has attributed that the hit and run accidents have increased the number of accidents recorded in January to June this year.


RPC Mangalla told reporters yesterday at the press briefing that there were a lot of hit and run accidents than that of involving passenger buses, whereby there was 99 recorded accorded last this year and last there was 95, increase of four accidents.


Vis-à-vis, there were 74 fatal accidents last year but this year between the same period 75 deadly accidents were reported.
He noted that number of accidents that caused injuries last year was 21 and this year is 24 respectively.


“The numbers of people who died and injured last year were 86 and 73 respectively, and this year there were 85 deaths and 78 injuries respectively,” he said.


In Iringa region, number of accidents involving public passenger buses is smaller compared to other regions in the country due to intensive police patrols and checking on timetables at police checkpoints that are established along the road.


The hit and run accidents involve vehicles is mostly that are public but private, he noted.


In last, 20 licenses were cancelled due to reckless driving and drivers were penalized by using road traffic Act of 1973, which was revised in 2002, which empowers police to arrest any person violation the law.


He however pointed out that most people in Iringa don’t know how to use roads therefore is big challenge.


People also abuse the use of zebra crossings, whereby they stand there and start greeting each other on the zebra crossing.
But the zebra crossing is meant cross as faster as possible without delay by making that th


In order to reduce the road accident in the region, he urged pedestrians to use service roads if possible and driver to refrain from driving while they are drunk hence reduction both fatal and injury accidents respectively.