By Our Reporter
IGANGA
A fatal road accident along the Iganga-Tororo highway in Bugiri District has claimed lives of ten people.
According to the PRO Directorate of Traffic & Road Safety, SP Kananura Michael, accident occurred on Monday evening, 11th March, 2024 around 07:50 PM.
Kananura says the fatal that accident involved 6 motor vehicles at Kibimbi after the bridge along the Iganga-Tororo highway in Bugiri District, resulted in the death of ten people on the spot.
Preliminary information indicates that the 6 motor vehicles were all moving in the same direction towards Tororo, except for one vehicle, registration number KAE 254c/ZA 5971, a tanker loaded with molasses, which was traveling in the opposite direction towards Iganga.
He says that Motor vehicle registration number UAW 963m, a Toyota Hiace, attempted to overtake a queue of vehicles mentioned above.
“The driver noticed an oncoming vehicle while still overtaking and swerved to the left to yield, unaware that the oncoming vehicle was a trailer tanker loaded with molasses and pulling another trailer,” Kananura explains.
The rear part of the trailer collided with the taxi, crushing it against another trailer, KBJ 155c/ZD 2621, a Mercedes Benz.
Consequently, the trailer tanker lost control, overturned, and caught fire. 10 people, including 8 passengers of the taxi, its driver, and the trailer tanker driver, lost their lives on the spot.
The traffic police responded to the scene immediately, and the bodies were transported to Bugiri hospital mortuary for post-mortem examination.
