Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eight people have been confirmed dead and 37 others injured in a road crash, along the Kampala-Mbarara highway. The accident involving a Fuso lorry registration number UBM 673k and bus number UBQ 621K, belonging to Gateway Bus Company Limited, occurred Monday morning at Kirumba …
Read More »14 killed, dozens injured in Namilyango village road accident
KAMPALA, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 14 market vendors have perished in a road crash that occurred on Wednesday afternoon at Bukya road, Namilyango village, in Mityana district. The deceased were moving on an Isuzu UBA 605A heading to Bukya market when the driver lost control. Superintendent of Police- SP …
Read More »Vehicle rams into roadside vendors in Kitgum
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 13 people are nursing serious injuries following a road accident in Ayul cell, Pager division in Kitgum municipality. The Sunday evening accident involved a Toyota Premio vehicle registration number UAM 825S, that reportedly lost control, swerved off the road and rammed into a …
Read More »Two dead, 13 injured in Pader road accident
Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people died on Monday afternoon while 13 others were left critically injured after a taxi they were travelling in overturned along Gulu-Kitgum highway. The incident involving a taxi registration number UBJ 164A, happened at around 2pm, about five kilometers from Laguti trading center in …
Read More »Two dead, two injured in Luwero road accident
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people have died on the spot and two others sustained life threatening injuries in a fatal road accident in Luwero. The accident occurred at around 11pm on Saturday night at Ngogoro village, about 70 kilometers into Luwero district, along the Kampala-Gulu highway after two …
Read More »Three perish in Jinja road accident
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three people have been confirmed dead after being involved in a road accident along the Jinja-Iganga highway. It has been reported that, the victims who were mainly produce dealers were traveling from Pallisa district to Kampala. They were traveling in a commuter taxi of the …
Read More »Six police officers, two civilians injured in deadly Nwoya road accident
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six Field Force Unit – FFU police officers attached to the integrated highway detach at Ayago in Nwoya district are hospitalized at Anaka government hospital following a nasty road accident. The accident occurred on Tuesday morning next to Agung trading centre, about 22 kilometers from …
Read More »Leader of Opposition Aol involved in road accident
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of Opposition and Gulu Woman MP Betty Aol Ochan has this morning been involved in an accident in Bobi town, Omoro district. Aol was traveling in her official LOP vehicle registration number UG0346H from Gulu to Kampala in the company of her …
Read More »Traffic policeman succumbs to injuries
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A traffic policeman who was knocked on Sunday along Jinja road has died. Police Constable Innocent Ayesigye was knocked from behind by a toyota Rav 4 UAS 597U while he was riding a police motorcycle at Namanve. Ayesigye was rushed to Mulago hospital for …
Read More »Accident kills five people in Kayanja along Kampala-Jinja highway
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five people have reportedly died in a road accident at Kayanja, Namataba along the Kampala-Jinja highway earlier today. The accident which involved four motor vehicles occurred when a Tata-lorry loaded with sugarcane had a head-on collision with a Fuso-lorry registration number UAA 496m which …
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