By Nathan Eyagu
SOROTI
13 traders travelling in a Fuso Lorry Registration Number UBA 670V and believed to have come from Mbale have perished in a motor accident at Alomayin swamp along Alakaituk-Amuria Road in Amuria district.
The tragic accident that occurred this morning at 02:42am, 22, August 2022 was allegedly caused by the driver who is said to have dozed off thereby swerving into Alomayin swamp.
According to police however, the traders were heading to Adipala weekly market in Kapelebeyong district when the driver lost control and over turned, allegedly due to a bad patch on the road.
SP Oscar Ageca, the East Kyoga Spokesperson has confirmed the accident saying 12 people died on the spot while one who was among the 6 critically injured and rushed to Soroti Referral Hospital for treatment has just passed on.
By press time, the traffic police department of the territorial jurisdiction of Amuria district had visited the scene and registered a single fatal accident vide TAR 25/2022 and instituted mechanisms to have the motor vehicle removed from the swamp.
“We appeal to those persons whose relatives carry on business as traders with a known record on the route above to reach out about their wellbeing at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital and condone with the families of the bereaved who have lost these groups of entrepreneurial individuals. Inquiries into the accident shall continue”, SP Ageca Oscar Gregg said in a statement.
Other sources indicate that most of the traders were from Mbale and were taking merchandise that included tomatoes, onions and cabbage for sale in the weekly market.
