Bus collision on highway near Uganda’s capital Kampala kills 63 people

Two buses travelling successful other directions connected the Kampala-Gulu Highway collided head-on portion overtaking.

At slightest 63 radical person been killed successful a large roadworthy mishap involving aggregate vehicles connected the road betwixt Uganda’s superior Kampala and the bluish metropolis of Gulu, constabulary person said.

The collision took spot conscionable aft midnight [21:00 GMT connected Tuesday] and was caused by 2 buses coming from other directions trying to overtake a motortruck and a car.

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“In the process, some buses met head-on during the overtaking manoeuvres,” the Uganda Police Force said successful a connection connected X. “Sixty-three radical mislaid lives, each occupants from progressive vehicles.”

The constabulary added that “as investigations continue, we powerfully impulse each motorists to workout maximum caution connected the roads, particularly avoiding unsafe and careless overtaking, which remains 1 of the starring causes of crashes successful the country”.

Those travelling successful the motortruck and the car were injured and taken to Kiryandongo Hospital and different adjacent aesculapian facilities, the connection said. It did not springiness further details connected the fig injured oregon the grade of their wounds.

The Kampala-Gulu Highway is 1 of Uganda’s busiest arsenic it connects the superior with the biggest municipality successful bluish Uganda.