Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Survivors from the Monday devastating bus accident along the Mukono-Katosi-Jinja road have recounted how they managed to escape the wreckage and survive. The accident occurred when the driver of a bus belonging to YY Coaches and Courier Services, registration number UAV 701C, lost control at …
Read More »Dozens feared dead after YY coach crashes on Katosi road
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A YY coach overturned and crashed Monday evening on the Mukono- Katosi- Jinja road , reportedly killing dozens of passengers. “We confirm a single fatal road crash that occurred Today, May 5, 2025, at approximately 5:00 PM in Makindu Village, along the Kisoga–Nyenga Road …
Read More »Six dead in crash on Kapchorwa-Mbale Highway
Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six people have been confirmed dead and two others injured following an accident that occurred late Sunday night in Towei Village, Sipi Town Council, along the Kapchorwa-Mbale highway. The crash, which happened around 11:50 PM, involved an Isuzu Elf truck (registration number UBQ 576Q) carrying …
Read More »Twelve dead in Bugiri trailer-drone accident
Bugiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twelve people died in an accident on Sunday night at Lwaba Village, Kapyanga Sub-county, Bugiri District, along the Jinja–Malaba highway. The incident, which occurred around 9:20 p.m., involved a drone taxi, registration number UBQ 772A, traveling from Kampala to Tororo, and a trailer carrying …
Read More »2 dead, 16 injured in fuso truck accident in Arua
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two family members died on the spot, while 16 others are still fighting for their lives at Arua Regional Referral Hospital after the Fuso truck they were traveling in overturned in Arua District on Friday. The accident involved a white Mitsubishi Fuso Canter truck, registration …
Read More »Three dead after Lugogo accident
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three people have been killed in an accident. The accident occurred on Friday afternoon at Lugogo on Jinja Road, next to the cricket oval. Eyewitnesses have told URN that a soda Fuso truck ferrying crates of soda, lost control and rammed into a …
Read More »Trailor hits pothole on Jinja-Kampala highway, driver loses control and kills 3
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are investigating the cause an accident that left three people dead on the Kampala-Jinja highway. According to Patrick Onyango, the spokesperson for Kampala Metropolitan Police, the accident occurred today morning in Mukono when a trailer carrying cement veered off the road after hitting …
Read More »POLICE: Driver doses on wheel of Fuso, crashes Musilamu at Wanyange
Iganga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One person was killed on the spot in the wee hours of Monday morning when a Fuso truck registration number KDB 015U veered off the road at Wanyange mile 5 along Jinja- Iganga highway. The truck crashed into taxi number UAT 238L killing 28-year-old Mwere Salim, also …
Read More »One dead, scores injured in Nile Star bus crash
Maracha, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One person died and several others were injured in a bus crash in Maracha District. The crash happened at Domuru Village on Thursday after the bus registration number UBF 218W belonging to NileStar veered off the road and overturned leaving the driver Bosco Nyeko Bongomin …
Read More »Kanungu car accident claims life of American tourist
Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A tourist has died, and five others are nursing injuries they sustained in a motor accident along the Buhoma-Butogota-Kanungu road in Kanungu district on Monday morning. The tourists were returning from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park after gorilla tracking. Michael Kananura, the Public Relations Officer for …
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