Update: Ajali ya Tucson

Imeripotiwa kuwa waliokufa ni
wakimbizi wa Burundi walioondokea kambi za Tanzania kwenda Marekani
katika ule mpango wa nchi ya Marekani kusaidia baadhi wa Wakimbizi
kimaisha

Kutoka "The Associated Press":

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The driver of a van filled with refugees from
Africa lost control and crashed on a southern Arizona highway
Wednesday, killing five people and injuring 12 others, authorities said.

The
vehicle rolled over a guard rail, down an embankment and landed on its
wheels in the oncoming lane of Interstate 10 about 50 miles east of
Tucson.

The director of a relief agency in Tucson said the van
passengers were from the small eastern African nation of Burundi who
had fled to a Tanzanian refugee camp before having relocated to Tucson.

The
group was seeking work at Eurofresh Inc., a hydroponics vegetable
grower in Willcox, Ariz., said Ken Briggs, executive director of the
International Rescue Committee’s Tucson office.

Jean Spinelli, a
spokeswoman at University Medical Center, the only trauma center in
southern Arizona, said six of the 11 survivors brought in from the
crash were listed in critical condition and the other five in serious
condition.

Tucson Medical Center spokesman Mike Letson said one person had been airlifted to the center. No condition was available.

The cause of the crash was under investigation.