10 dead in Bugiri accident
Bugiri accident claims 10 lives
Ten people have been confirmed dead in an accident that happened on Kirimba along Iganga-Tororo road in Bugiri district. The fatal accident involved ten motor vehicles at Kibimbi after the bridge along the Iganga-Tororo highway in Bugiri District, resulted into the death of ten people who died on the spot.
According to Traffic Police Spokesperson Micheal Kananura, reports indicate that the ten motor vehicles were all moving in the same direction towards Tororo, except for one vehicle, registration number KAE 254c/ZA 5971, loaded with molasses, which was traveling in the opposite direction towards Iganga. The Motor vehicle registration number UAW 963m, a Toyota HiAce, attempted to overtake these vehicles and the driver noticed an oncoming vehicle while still overtaking, unaware that the oncoming vehicle was a trailer tanker loaded with molasses and pulling another trailer.
The rear part of the trailer collided with the taxi, crushing it against another trailer, KBJ 155c/ZD 2621, a Mercedes Benz. Kanura in a statement says the trailer tanker lost control, overturned, and caught fire resulting into the death of 10 people, including 8 passengers of the taxi, its driver, and the trailer tanker driver. Traffic police responded to the scene immediately, and the bodies were transported to Bugiri hospital mortuary for post-mortem examination as investigations continue.
