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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five people were confirmed dead following an accident at Wamatovu-Nakirebe along Kampala-Masaka highway in Mpigi district this morning. The Katonga Region Police spokesperson Lydia Tumushabe disclosed this in a short interview shortly after the accident. She says the accident occurred when a minibus which is …

Elly Maate, the Kigezi Region police spokesperson says Iranatwe died on the spot while Twizere breathed his last this morning Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two footballers attached to the Kisoro based Highland Gorilla Sports Club have died in a motor accident which injured five others. The deceased players are …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have warned traffic commanders against congesting police stations with vehicle wreckages. Almost all police stations particularly in Kampala are surrounded by the wreckage of motor vehicles and motorcycles involved in accidents. At Kampala Central Police Station –CPS, the wreckage of vehicles destroyed beyond …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two residents of Buikwe district have perished in a road accident in Walugogo trading center along the Jinja-Iganga highway. It is said that the victims Aliyinza Matyama and John Kayimba coming from Jinja and traveling on a motorcycle registration number, UEM 695F rammed into a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three traders died on spot and 11 others were rushed to Amuria hospital following a road accident in Amucu along Amuria-Acowa road in Amuria district. The deceased all females have been identified as Jacinta Akello, 52, Mary Adongo, 45, and Maria Anna Akello, 75, all …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three people have been killed and 14 injured in an accident along the Mityana-Mubende highway. The accident occurred on Friday at Kigalama village in Kassanda district. According to the police, a speeding taxi, number UBB 423R heading to Mubende from Kampala rammed into a Mercedes …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four people have been killed following an accident involving a fuel truck along the Fort Portal – Kasese highway. The accident happened on Friday at 12pm at Kasunganyanja trading centre in Kibiito Sub County, Bunyangabu district. The fuel truck that was heading to Kasese district …

Kasese, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Director Traffic and Road Safety Lawrence Nuwabiine is in Kasese District to investigate Tuesday’s accident that claimed the lives of ten people.  The accident which occurred between Rughendabara and Hima town council at Kihogo, along the Fort Portal-Kasese Highway involved five cars. The spot …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eleven people have been killed in a bizzare accident along the Kasese-Fort-Portal Highway. According to eyewitnesses, a speeding truck transporting a coffin collided with another car before the drivers of the other cars lost control and rammed into vehicles that had been involved in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Namutumba district is investigating circumstances under which five family members perished in a road accident along the Iganga-Tirinyi-Mbale highway. The victims who set off their journey from Bugembe ward in Jinja city were heading for the burial of a distant relative in Budaka …