Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One person has died and two others injured after a minibus driver lost control and knocked a motorcycle along the Kampala-Jinja road. The accident happened near the Ministry of Internal Affairs offices in Kampala on Friday. According to eyewitnesses, the Isuzu minibus registration number UAW-298N that …
Read More »Police gives up search for bodies of Karuma bridge accident
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police say the hope of recovering the bodies of the occupants of the fuel lorry that plunged in River Nile at Karuma bridge in Nwoya district is fading due to high volume of water. One of the deceased has been identified as Alex Ogwal, the driver …
Read More »Police identifies occupants of fuel tank that plunged into Karuma falls
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police has identified the occupants of the fuel tank lorry that plunged into the Karuma falls. They are Alex Ogwal, 35-year-old driver of the truck registration UAS 337M and resident of Lira city, and a pump attendant aged 21, all attached to Shine Energy petrol station. …
Read More »Two presumed dead as fuel truck plunges into Karuma falls
Traffic on Karuma bridge along Kampala-Gulu highway is controlled for safety following an accident Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people are feared dead after a speeding fuel truck en-route to Kampala on Saturday lost control at Karuma bridge and plunged into the fast moving falls. The tanker, registration number UAS …
Read More »Two dead, three injured in Nsambya police truck accident
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people have been knocked dead and three others injured when a police truck lost control and knocked several vehicles and motorcycles along the road in Nsambya, a suburb of Kampala. The Hino truck registration number UP 5638 failed to brake and rammed into …
Read More »Four critically injured after speeding taxi overturns in Luweero
Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four people have been rushed to Luweero Hospital in critical condition following a road accident in Luweero. The accident occurred this morning at Ngogoro village in Luweero district along the Kampala-Gulu highway. This was after a commuter taxi, a toyota Hiace model infamously known as …
Read More »One dead, 7 injured as Fuso crashes into NWSC offices
Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One person has been confirmed dead and seven others injured when a FUSO Truck Registration Number UBE-042A lost control and rammed into the offices of the National Water and Sewerage Corporation in Luweero district. The truck, loaded with Bricks swerved off the Luweero-Kiwoko …
Read More »One killed in Mbale-Tororo road accident
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One person has been killed in an accident along the Mbale-Tororo highway. The accident which occurred at 6 am in Bisu town council involved a Tororo Cement truck registration number UBA 127M carrying limestone. The deceased has been identified as Awali Etongo, the driver of …
Read More »Accident claims three, injures four in Luweero
Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three passengers have been confirmed dead and four others critically injured when a trailer rammed into a taxi in Luweero district. The accident occurred at Kakinzi village in Luweero district along the Kampala-Gulu highway yesterday evening. It involved a Kampala bound trailer registration number T141 …
Read More »Mpigi accident claims five, injures five others critically
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 …
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