By Our Reporter
NATIONAL
The Wednesday of 4th May, 2022 has been a very dark one indeed with two separate road accidents claiming so far over 30 lives.
In Fortportal, police has just confirmed that as of midday today, 20 people had been confirmed dead out of whom thirteen are adults while 7 are juveniles.
“Out of the twenty, 11 are male and nine are female. Their particulars will be availed in due course,” the territorial Police in Kyenjojo district said in a statement.
The scanty details so far released by police indicate that the fatal accident occurred this morning at around 10.30am, involving a link bus reg No UBA 003S that was traveling to Kampala from Fortportal.
It happened 2KMs from Fortportal city at a place called Sebitoli.
Other sources put the death toll at about 40 people.
Meanwhile in Mbale, 5 people are confirmed dead in an accident that happened on Tirinyi Road this morning at 6:am at the Namatala bridge, Mailo five, Nasenyi Sub County.
According to eyewitnesses the accident involved three vehicles and one boda boda Cycle. The vehicles are Taxis that were heading to Kampala; UBH 437K and UBJ 676W and Raum registration number UAT 995A.
An eyewitness said the accident was caused by one Taxi heading to Kampala that knocked a boda boda cyclist heading to Mbale before ramming into the Raum vehicle that was also headed to Mbale.
The dead have been taken to Mbale referral Hospital for postmortem.
