Two buses travelling in reverse instructions on the Kampala-Gulu Freeway collided head-on whereas overtaking.
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No less than 63 individuals have been killed in a significant street accident involving a number of automobiles on the freeway between Uganda’s capital Kampala and the northern metropolis of Gulu, police have mentioned.
The collision befell simply after midnight [21:00 GMT on Tuesday] and was attributable to two buses coming from reverse instructions attempting to overhaul a truck and a automobile.
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“Within the course of, each buses met head-on through the overtaking manoeuvres,” the Uganda Police Pressure mentioned in an announcement on X. “Sixty-three individuals misplaced lives, all occupants from concerned automobiles.”
The police added that “as investigations proceed, we strongly urge all motorists to train most warning on the roads, particularly avoiding harmful and careless overtaking, which stays one of many main causes of crashes within the nation”.
These travelling within the truck and the automobile have been injured and brought to Kiryandongo Hospital and different close by medical services, the assertion mentioned. It didn’t give additional particulars on the quantity injured or the extent of their wounds.
The Kampala-Gulu Freeway is one among Uganda’s busiest because it connects the capital with the most important city in northern Uganda.
The loss of life toll within the newest crash is uncommonly excessive, mentioned Irene Nakasiita, a Purple Cross spokeswoman who described victims left bleeding with damaged limbs.
She mentioned the photographs from the scene have been too grotesque to share, including that “the magnitude of this incident is so huge”.
In Uganda, 5,144 individuals have been killed in street crashes in 2024, in response to police figures. That quantity rose from 4,806 in 2023 and 4,534 in 2022.
